Talk:Volleyball jargon

message: Many of these terms are rather suspect. I'm killing "frosty walrus" now, a term for which I can find no existence on the internet outside this page (except alternate sexual definitions).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerrick Staley (talk • contribs) 05:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hmm?

message: I've looked through ,  and , which are essentially the first three relevant Google hits for "volleyball jargon", and the following terms mentioned on this page don't appear:
* Cheeseburger
* Chester
* Donut/Campfire
* Domed
* Doubles
* Facial
* Fist/Rock
* Goofy footer
* Off-side hitter
* Party ball
* Roll (roll shot is mentioned)
* Second
* Short
* Shutout/bagel/goose-egg
* Six-pak
* Strong-side hitter
* Switch
I will delete these items from the list unless some evidence is provided as to their common usage (ie one mention on an arbitrary web site doesn't count). Cheers --Pak21 10:33, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say you should keep goofy-footer, but I have no problem with removing the rest of them.  Goofy-footer is extremely common when speaking about players and their abilities.  Cheers, PaddyM 16:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I've heard "goofy" mentioned in various circles (surfing, skateboarding) so I've kept it. Cheers --Pak21 08:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tidyup 

message: I've heard that the only two sports to officially employ the term "Ace" were golf and tennis. Could someone find a source to either prove this or prove this wrong? └Jared┘┌talk┐  22:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ace is very commonly used, and is exactly as it says in the jargon page, an example is at http://www.avf.org.au/index.php?id=32&tx_ttnews[pS]=1170718827&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=306&tx_ttnews[backPid]=31&cHash=168f0eab05
and:     http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/men/2006/Press/viewPressInfo.asp?Category=2&MatchNo=1&No=12108
I have never heard of goofy footed in volleyball, but switch or switching being the transition of players whilst the ball is in play, and six-packs (being hit in the face by the ball) is also common use, although I have no evidence to back that up other than my own playing experience.
Yaegan 07:11, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for those, but I already understood that it was a jargon word, but does the official federation for volleyball refer and mark down serves like these as aces, or is it just a casual term that is not official? Because like in tennis, if a serve goes unreturned, it is officially called and marked down and tabulated as an ace, while I think volleyball just calls it that for no reason other than to say what just happened. └Jared┘┌talk┐  19:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ace? 

message: I've slightly reorganized the page, splitting the terms into generic and sets, so help make it a little more legible.  I've also removed a number of terms which are highly suspect as to their applicability to a larger volleyball audience (as opposed to the gym in which they were created and still used).  If people have objections, so be it, but this article is pretty gross and needs some serious work.  Cheers, PaddyM 18:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up 

message: I originally came across this page while searching for what hand signals setters use to call various plays.  Is that something worth adding to the types of sets section?  Also, along those lines, should there be a distinct section for Types of Sets and another for Plays?  
For example:  
Back-One: (description per main page here).  The setter signals this set by making a fist with only the pinky finger extended.
Stack: (description...).  The setter signals this play by making a fist with each hand and touching the top of one fist to the bottom of the other.
And so forth for all the other plays and sets.
Mpcapps (talk) 19:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hand Signals 

message: Dink is defined on the Volleyball main page but it is also volleyball jargon (specialized terminology) that non-volleyballers might not know. I think that dink should be in the Common Terms section of the volleyball jargon page. AdderUser (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Dink to Common Terms 

message: so people can just make up anything and add it to these lists without citing any sort of reference whatsoever?
i find this a bit ridiculous, and i suggest everyone do their best to avoid trying to find out the origin of the term "cum" as its allegedly used in volleyball, because it just returns links to porn with girls wearing volleyball shorts. 
personally, i feel like a troll added that term and it has absolutely nothing to do with volleyball in reality.
if i didnt care about the integrity of my username, i would just make a bunch of stuff up to see how well these pages are monitored, if they are at all. Snarevox (talk) 20:16, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  according to whom?