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Definition of Half volley

Half volley
Half volley. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has touched the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. On the volley, at random. [Obs.] ``What we spake on the volley begins work.' --Massinger. Volley gun, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.

Meaning of Half volley from wikipedia

- A half volley in tennis is a shot that is hit immediately after the ball bounces but before it reaches the apex of its bounce. It is sometimes called...
- to reach the ground. A volley can be extremely hard to aim and requires good foot-eye coordination and timing. The half volley is a similar concept, but...
- occasionally a volley hit with topspin. Thus tennis shots can be categorized according to when they are hit (serve, groundstroke, volley, half volley), how they...
- A volley in tennis is a shot in which the ball is struck before it bounces on the ground. Generally a player hits a volley while standing near the net...
- the tail-enders. Half-tracker another term for a long hop. So called because the ball roughly bounces halfway down the pitch. Half-volley a delivery that...
- Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Serie A1. The club was...
- over Scottish club Hibernian. In September 2023, Durán scored a chested half-volley in a Premier League game against Crystal Palace, which went onto be awarded...
- contact is made). As a returner/receiver (volleyer) of a serve, the player may also attempt to hit a half-volley, instead of waiting longer after the ball...
- basic shots in their repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob. A grip is a way of holding the...
- Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 after extra time thanks to a Mario Götze half-volley in the 113th minute of the final to win the tournament and secure the...