General History
The city where volleyball was invented
Holyoke, MA
This coach has won 3 Olympic Gold Medals as a player before becoming the current US women's national volleyball team head coach
Karch Kiraly
The height of a women's volleyball net
7 feet 4 and 1/8 inches
The term for a successful attack that lands on the opponents side or is directed out by the opponent on the first touch
Kill
Paul McCartney was one of four main members of this iconic band
The Beatles
The man who invented what became modern-day volleyball
William G. Morgan
2020 Graduate from Stanford who was named to the AVCA All-America first team three separate times as a libero for the Cardinal
Morgan Hentz
The number of timeouts allowed per team per set
2
Services made divided by services attempted
Serving percentage
The fastest animal on land
Cheetah
This position on the court was introduced internationally in 1998 and translates to 'free' in Italian
Libero
This beach volleyball pair won 3 consecutive Olympic Gold Medals from 2004-2012
Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor
One thing a libero can never do
Block, attack from inside the 3 meter / 10 foot line while ball is above height of net, overhand set inside the 3 meter / 10 foot line, serve for both middle hitters, etc.
One important thing to take note of while watching film
Tendencies of ourselves, tendencies of opponents, figuring out what works well, figuring out wha doesn't work well, etc.
Abu, in the Disney film 'Aladdin' is this animal
Monkey
This country has the most Olympic gold medals in indoor volleyball (men + women combined)
Soviet Union
2017 Graduate from Wisconsin who was named to the AVCA All-America first team three separate times as a setter. Also, the current starting setter for the Women's National Team
Lauren Carlini
The judgement or call an official makes when a player steps on the service line after contacting the ball
No call because the ball was contacted before the player stepped on the service line
Two word quote that Coach Celli uses regularly
"Do less"
Michael Jordan retired from basketball for the first time in 1993 to pursue a career in this sport
Baseball
The original name for "volleyball" as well as the sport it evolved from
Mintonette
Starting setter on the Men's 2008 National Team that won Gold in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Also runs a club called Team Pineapple with his father Arnie
Lloy Ball
Abbreviation of the international organization that governs volleyball (Not required, but ... 150 bonus points if you know what the abbreviation stands for as well)
FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball)
Many college and professional teams use these to pick up on tendencies of servers and attackers by detailing the exact spots they are hitting on the floor every serve/swing
Spray charts or heat maps (either is acceptable)
Author of 'The Great Gatsby'
F. Scott Fitzgerald