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volley::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of volley
volley
He falters at the crucial juncture though with an attempted volley into the net.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I volley back good teams don't constantly put themselves through such adversity.
From the freep.com
It is not proper to lift the ball with your toe before kicking it from a volley.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's advantage Nadal when Murray sends a backhand volley down the line and wide.
From the guardian.co.uk
He can serve, he can volley, he can return, he can hit the heck out of the ball.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Bendtner, while stabbing a volley at Neuer, was pulled down by Holger Badstuber.
From the independent.co.uk
After that, said Newton, he remembered nothing except hearing a volley of shots.
From the time.com
Djokovic needed to shorten the point and the serve and volley play confirmed it.
From the straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com
Bratislav Punosevac is first to a cross and his volley just creeps past the post.
From the dailymail.co.uk
- Be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
- Fusillade: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
- Hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
- A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- Make a volley
- Utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
- A volley is an air-borne strike in association football, where a player's feet meets and directs the ball in an angled direction before it has time to reach the ground. A volley can be extremely hard to aim and requires good foot-eye coordination and timing.
- A volley in tennis is a shot that is hit before the ball bounces on the ground. Generally a player hits a volley while standing near the net, although there are instances where it is executed farther back, in the middle of the tennis court or even near the baseline.
- An intense barrage of shells or rockets.
