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If the ball has bounced off the ground before it's been hit, it's an half volley, doesn't make any difference whether the ball is going up or down.

 

A full volley is when the ball is hit before it has a chance to hit the ground.

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Ramsey's second goal last night was clearly an half volley.

Not in my book. If its on the way down it's a full volley.

If I bounce a ball on the ground as hard as I can and you volley it on the way down, that's not a half volley.

I might be wrong but dammit I'm sticking to it.

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You're wrong. A half volley is a ball that has bounced previous to your foot connecting with it.

A volley is when say a defender has headed a corner away to the edge of the 17 yard box and you've hit it before it bounced. Think Paul scholes vs us in 2010 or whatever.

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2) A half-volley

 

Many football fans say a half-volley is a shot struck when the ball has bounced once, but in tennis and in cricket there is a different – and surely correct – understanding of the term. A half-volley is hit at precisely the moment that the ball bounces or a split-second after, as with this effort from David Ginola or umpteen strikes from the king of the half-volley, Matthew Le Tissier (here we have exhibits ABC and D). With half-volleys it shouldn't matter whether the ball has bounced before it is then struck on the bounce, as with this famous half-volley from Gerrard or this deranged masterpiece from Tony Yeboah; the only defining characteristic is the point at which contact is made, not what has gone before.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/sep/02/what-is-a-volley-football

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Ramsey's second goal last night was clearly an half volley.

Not in my book. If its on the way down it's a full volley.

If I bounce a ball on the ground as hard as I can and you volley it on the way down, that's not a half volley.

I might be wrong but dammit I'm sticking to it.

 

 

To be honest I don't think there's any concrete rule written down as to what a half volley is or not, but I've always known them to be as I tried to describe, and how lapal_fan describes them, and I think most people have the same view.

 

Can't take nothing away from Ramsey's goal though, half volley or not.

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Men's work suits. They all look the same. Yeah, yeah. Pinstripe is totally different to plain or whatever. But really, it's so dull.

 

I decree that at least 60% of suits in the work place should be one of the following colours: pink, crimson, sunset orange, bright green or cream.

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Men's work suits. They all look the same. Yeah, yeah. Pinstripe is totally different to plain or whatever. But really, it's so dull.

I decree that at least 60% of suits in the work place should be one of the following colours: pink, crimson, sunset orange, bright green or cream.

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2) A half-volley

 

Many football fans say a half-volley is a shot struck when the ball has bounced once, but in tennis and in cricket there is a different – and surely correct – understanding of the term. A half-volley is hit at precisely the moment that the ball bounces or a split-second after, as with this effort from David Ginola or umpteen strikes from the king of the half-volley, Matthew Le Tissier (here we have exhibits ABC and D). With half-volleys it shouldn't matter whether the ball has bounced before it is then struck on the bounce, as with this famous half-volley from Gerrard or this deranged masterpiece from Tony Yeboah; the only defining characteristic is the point at which contact is made, not what has gone before.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/sep/02/what-is-a-volley-football

 

Pretty much what I said I think.

 

Therefore I win

 

IN YOUR FACE USELESS!

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