"volleyball" ASL American Sign Language

American Sign Language: "volleyball" VOLLEYBALL: Variation 1 (recommended version) Hold your hands up with the middle fingers touching the thumbs. Thrust your hands forward and upward while changing your handshape to "flat hands" or "five hands." Repeat. Start with this: , Change to this: (or a loose 4 hand). VOLLEYBALL: Variation 2: In this version, instead of using the "8" handshape and changing to the flat hand, just use flat hands and slap forward in the air twice. Volleyball: ("I'm no crook" version) [That joke is not for young people. If you didn't get the joke, be grateful. (Google: Nixon)] Initialized with a "V" handshape. Thrust your "V" handshapes into the air twice. VOLLEYBALL (Version 3) (Not recommended. Considered to be English) (Former President Richard Nixon) Source: Arnold Sachs http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/richard-nixon-im-crook-deceitful-politicians/story?id=17684873 Notes: My wife, Belinda, can't stand ANY of the above versions. She uses a version that changes from loose "S" hands into "3" hands. (Note: Despite her many amazing qualities, my wife is only so-so at playing volleyball.) Connie Rubery, an old friend of mine, (who can cream most people in volleyball) used to sign (and I believe still does) "volleyball" with the "8-handshape" into "5-handshape" version. (The version that I recommend.) Hmmmm. Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language University ™ hosted by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "volleyball"

VOLLEYBALL:
Variation 1 (recommended version) Hold your hands up with the middle fingers touching the thumbs. Thrust your hands forward and upward while changing your handshape to "flat hands" or "five hands." Repeat.

Start with this:
,
Change to this:
(or a loose 4 hand).

VOLLEYBALL: Variation 2:
In this version, instead of using the "8" handshape and changing to the flat hand, just use flat hands and slap forward in the air twice.

Volleyball: ("I'm no crook" version)
[That joke is not for young people. If you didn't get the joke, be grateful. (Google: Nixon)]
Initialized with a "V" handshape.
Thrust your "V" handshapes into the air twice.
VOLLEYBALL (Version 3) (Not recommended. Considered to be English)

(Former President Richard Nixon)
Source: Arnold Sachs http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/richard-nixon-im-crook-deceitful-politicians/story?id=17684873

Notes:

My wife, Belinda, can't stand ANY of the above versions. She uses a version that changes from loose "S" hands into "3" hands.
(Note: Despite her many amazing qualities, my wife is only so-so at playing volleyball.)

Connie Rubery, an old friend of mine, (who can cream most people in volleyball) used to sign (and I believe still does) "volleyball" with the "8-handshape" into "5-handshape" version. (The version that I recommend.) Hmmmm.

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >