That's really interesting. Just goes to show how each group in volleyball can play the same game but call different aspects completely different things. So interesting...
I think the term "ace" for me definitely came from my own experience as a tennis player along with volleyball, so I used it in both; a lot of the terms that overlap gameplay-wise (as in services/serves, aces, the baseline, etc.) are sometimes really weird to think about because i have to remember which game i'm watching or playing.
before 2000s (or a long time ago, not sure), "to side out" meant to get the right of serving. At the time you only could get points if you were serving. Now it just means to score a point when your team is passing, usually in the first spike. There's also the meaning you are used to probably because when you don't side out your opponent is getting points in a row and the coach calls a time out and asks the team to side out. At least that's how i understand it (in Brazil).
That's so interesting, I never knew that! From my experience, everyone understands these terms differently depending on where in the world they are (their environment) and who they learned it from (their cultural values/meanings). In Canada, it is normally used as an endearing term to get your team to focus before the serve. Thank you for telling me, I love to learn about stuff like this!
@@coachmara It’s a widely used term before they changed the rules. It only means one thing, the serving team didn’t score a point in the serve and the receiving team will now be serving. No points were rewarded. They changed the rules as the match could take forever and neither team getting a point. Just like languages, sports terminologies meaning can change overtime especially if the terms are considered passe. But you’re right, it can be an encouraging pep talk by the coach of the team that lose the serve. That even if they messed up, the other team didn’t score so it’s all good.
It's more simple than this. "Sideout" simply means to win the serve. Two main scoring systems have dominated volleyball. In the past, the majority of games used a Sideout scoring system which only awarded points to the serving team. In that system, Sideout was required before you would win points. The current state of the game uses what has historically been known as "Rally" scoring to contrast with Sideout scoring. Rally scoring means that both teams can earn points for each play, regardless of which team is serving. In the era of Sideout scoring, it was common to encounter a match that might require a final set using Rally scoring. It's much less common nowadays to find scenarios where Sideout scoring is used, but it is still considered in some cases. And while the majority of games no longer use the term Sideout in reference to the types of scoring, it's still assumed that the serving team holds the advantage. So for a coach to call for "Sideout", he or she simply wants the team to win back the serve. It's also just a useful term to use in context of service rotation and substitutions, since most occur on Sideout.
@coachmara Thank you so much for the video. Attack line is the 10 ft line, but is it also a command or strategy? Just checking.. I’m new to volleyball🙏🏻
When I play with new people who don't know me and then I make a mistake.. Lol I always ask "It's 4 hits right?" lol just to see if anyone would laugh or take me serious.
One point about middles from a fellow coach and yes, it is contentious but i would rather have a shorter yet quicker and more agile middle to move (shuffle) the front row than a taller but slower middle who just jumps for the hell of it
@coachmara Yes, of course, ideally, your shorter middle has got both hops and timing down to a T. I hope it is going well for you in Norway with tryouts and all.
correct me if i’m wrong but can you TECHNICALLY touch the ball 4 times? like if i block and it comes back to my side i can hit the ball again and do the regular bump set hit? i’m like 90% sure
Technically, yes you're completely right! A block is not considered a hit in volleyball so you can do a regular bump, set, and spike off of a block. Great question Ray!
You're right! A block isn't technically considered a hit so if you block the ball and it falls back onto your side, you can hit it once more. The only thing you can't do, in concern to blocking, is blocking a serve. Big no-no in the volleyball world.
Everyone calls it a different name but they're all the same thing. I personally like the term attack line because it's where you start an attack from and it just sounds powerful haha
Is there a term for the sequence of play when the ball is on your team's side of the net? I was going to guess "posession", but I think that is used to refer to the half of each rotation when your team is serving.
It's typical to say the phrase "when we have or gain possession..." when referring to play on your team's side of the net, it's not only used when referencing a change in serving possession.
I think it's also possible you might be hearing "setter out" meaning the setter got the first touch and therefore cannot set. My sister was also confused as to why she would hear "set her out" but I explained that that's not what I was saying.
That's also a good point! The phrase "setter's out" normally means that the setter got the 1st ball so they need someone else to take the second ball instead of them.
