Volleys

[ASSE]Hinchy · 11 May 2006 at 20:38

OK, just having a bit of debate with my mate about volleys and half volleys.

We both agree that a half volley is when you strike the ball just as its hit the ground. However, here is where we differ.

For a volley, he is of the opinion that it is only a volley if the ball is struck before the ball has hit the ground. So player A crosses it, player B hits it before the ball has touched the ground.

I always thought that player A could cross it, it could bounce once, even twice, and if player B struck it whilst it was in the air, it was a volley.

Who is right?

I put the argument to him that if player A crosses it and it bounces a few times and is struck on the half volley by player B, that it is still a half volley. He agreed :confused:

I'm prepared to admit that I'm wrong obviously, but only if more people disagree with my point of view, rather than just two of us arguing

Gooner14 · 11 May 2006 at 20:43

IMO your mate is 100% correct. Volley is before the ball has bounced.

BaZ87 · 11 May 2006 at 20:45

Your mate is right on the volley, but i always percieved a half volley as being when you strike the ball after one bounce.

[ASSE]Hinchy · 11 May 2006 at 20:47

Half volley is when you hit it just as its hit the ground. As far as I know, which doesn't appear to be very much

If its bounced and its gone up about an inch, thats a half volley. If its gone up about a foot off the ground, I always considered it just a volley rather than a half...

Burned_Alive · 11 May 2006 at 20:49

Technically i believe you're correct, a volley is from a dropping ball, a half-volley is from a rising ball.

BaZ87 · 11 May 2006 at 20:53

Volley: kicking the ball while it is in flight. A half-volley is kicking the ball after only one bounce
http://www.ayso751.org/glossary.html
Not sure how reliable it is as it gives another definition of a half volley being when you strike the ball as it bounces.

atpbx · 11 May 2006 at 20:56

http://www.ehow.com/how_5614_half-volley-soccer.html

A volley is hit before the ball touches the ground.

My best ever goal was a left footed volley, which is amazing as my left foot is the gayness.

G|mp · 11 May 2006 at 20:58

Thats why Jenas has been pish then

red11 · 11 May 2006 at 20:58

atpbx said:
My best ever goal was a left footed volley, which is amazing as my left foot is the gayness.

That made me lol.

bigmouse64 · 12 May 2006 at 00:16

Gooner14 said:
IMO your mate is 100% correct. Volley is before the ball has bounced.

Agreed.

kaiowas · 12 May 2006 at 08:34

The was a huge argument about this in the F365 mailbox a few weeks ago. There was never really a conclusive answer in the end.

Mr_L · 12 May 2006 at 10:14

A volley is no bounce before the strike. Wayne Rooney shows us a decent volley in this vid.

A half volley is any number of bounces before the ball being struck just as the ball bounces or is rising. Christopher Birchall shows this in this video.

radikal_dj · 12 May 2006 at 10:32

PROCEDURE
1. With the ball in his hands the first player in line takes 4-5 jogging steps, drops the ball to the ground, and hits a low, powerful half-volley shot into the goal. The half-volley, or drop-kick, is hit as the ball is rising from the bounce. Do not hit the ball on the way down!
2. If the player misses the goal he must retrieve the ball and get back in line.
3. If the ball goes in the goal the coach will retrieve the ball and toss to the player. The coach is not in goal to block shots.
4. Next player performs a half-volley.

sandy10 · 12 May 2006 at 10:43

Volley - ball hit on the full ie - airbourne, whether on the first bounce, second bounce, or no bounces at all.

Half Volley - as it sounds, hit at the point when the ball strikes the ground.