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The Kong Block: Volleyball Blocking With One Arm Instead of Two Arms
The phrase "Kong block" is a volleyball term inspired by the movie character King Kong and refers to a player who blocks the ball with one arm instead of two.
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Blocking in volleyball is the first line of defense for the serving team in a rally.
The Kong Block
This is the volleyball slang word most players use when they successfully make an aggressive blocking move against that one opposing player that has been making really hard spikes during the game and has been scoring a lot of points.
Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills
What's a Kong block?
Instead of taking one area of the net away he would take two areas by splitting his hands when he jumped, so that both arms were almost parallel to the net but they were still penetrating above and over the plane of the net in an attempt to stop the hitter's from hitting either angle.What's a Kong block?
The phrase "Kong" block refers to a player who blocks a volleyball with one arm instead of two.
The Kong block was made famous and popularized by American beach champion and Hall of Fame inductee Randy Stoklos.
Instead of taking one area of the net away he would take two areas by splitting his hands when he jumped, so that both arms were almost parallel to the net but they were still penetrating above and over the plane of the net in an attempt to stop the hitter's from hitting either angle.
When he managed to block the ball, it was with one arm and it was a spectacular play.
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How to block in volleyball. Learn blocking words and blocker terminology used during front court defense when trying to stop an opposing team's attack hits.
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These four terms used in volleyball blocking practice are words and volleyball jargon coaches use to describe blocking technique used to stop an attack hit.
Block Terms in Volleyball, Blocking Terminology and Blocker Jargon
Find all the blocking terms in volleyball that I discuss on this site which explains everything to do with the first line of defense which is blocking.
Basic Volleyball Terminology For Blockers Stopping Hitters At The Net
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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.
Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2
There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with
- the same toss height and same toss location
- the same armswing speed
- the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
- the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
- getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
- and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.
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