What're Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills All Blockers Should Know 

I describe blocking terms which explain common volleyball blocking skills and techniques varsity players know like "the joust"

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: After the serve, blockers at the net jump to deflect an attack hit to keep the ball from crossing the net. (Ralph Aversen)

Welcome to my blocking page where I describe volleyball blocking skills like;

• joust

Let's get started.  

Blocking in volleyball is the first line of defense for the serving team in a rally.

East Carolina vs. Rice In A Blocking Volleyball Joust At The Net. A joust occurs when two players contact the ball over the net at the same time. (Michael E. Johnston)

What's a joust?

A joust occurs when two players contact the ball over the net at the same time.

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: A joust occurs between one blocker and one hitter who was trying to tip the ball over the blocker and instead the ball was set close to the net (M. E. Johnston)

This action occurs between two opposing blocking volleyball players, or one blocker and one hitter who was trying to tip the ball over the blocker and instead the ball was set close to the net, so now both players are contacting the ball at the same time, with both of them trying to push the ball into the other team's court.

Nine times out of ten, if two opposing players go up to contact a ball at the same time over the net, the last player to contact the ball almost always wins because they have momentum on their side.

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: If two opposing players go up to contact a ball at the same time over the net, the last player to contact the ball almost always wins (Ralph Aversen)

Their advantage is that they are going up and pushing the ball over while the first player is coming down from their jump losing momentum and power as they get closer to the ground.

That's the secret to winning the joust.

It's one of the most important blocking secrets for short players. You must  try to be the second player to touch the ball in a joust. 

Once I learned this trick of being the second player to touch the ball, I hardly ever lost a joust because I knew that all I had to do was wait as long as I could, then once I saw the opposing player touch the ball then I put my hands on the ball and pushed it over into the opposing court.

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