Word info

half volley

Noun

Meaning

a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

half-volley

Hypernyms

Examples

A field goal, or drop goal, is only worth one point and is gained by dropping and then kicking the ball on the half volley between the uprights in open play. Source: Internet

A wide and a dot follow, then Cooper picks one up and then some, down on one knee to turn length ball into a half-volley, carting a one-bounce four over deep backward square. Source: Internet

But for the first time he tasted the feeling of a goal in the red and black shirt of Milan after playing a one-two with Gennaro Gattuso and finishing competently with a first-time half volley. Source: Internet

Haywood joined Mane and they took the score to 47 before Haywood (21) chipped a Derek Price half-volley to long mid-on. Source: Internet

Nacho Fernandez put Spain in front with a weaving half-volley from outside the penalty area in the 58th that bounced off the inside of the far post and trickled into the net. Source: Internet

Ryan Hollingshead tapped it to Michael Barrios, who lofted a one-touch pass to Jara for a half-volley finish to make it 2-1 in the 61st minute. Source: Internet

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