Avolleyball player is setting the ball by hitting it directly up with her hands. describe the energy transformations in the volleyball play. which of the following statements uses the following terms correctly: spring/elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, and gravitational potential energy. a. as the volleyball travels towards the players hands, the ball has a higher amount of spring/elastic potential. as the ball hits the players hands the ball's kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy as the ball and the player's hands bend for a moment. the ball then launches from the hands transforming this gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy. as the ball travels up into the air the kinetic energy of the ball transforms into gravitational potential energy, because, here, the ball loses velocity and gains height. b. as the volleyball travels towards the players hands, the ball has a higher amount of kinetic energy. as the ball hits the players hands the ball's kinetic energy is transformed into spring/elastic potential energy as the ball and the player's hands bend for a moment. the ball then launches from the hands transforming this spring/elastic potential energy into kinetic energy. as the ball travels up into the air the kinetic energy of the ball transforms into gravitational potential energy, because, here, the ball loses velocity and gains height. c. as the volleyball travels towards the players hands, the ball has a higher amount of kinetic energy. as the ball hits the players hands the ball's kinetic energy is transformed into spring/elastic potential energy as the ball and the player's hands bend for a moment. the ball then launches from the hands transforming this spring/elastic potential energy into kinetic energy. as the ball travels up into the air the kinetic energy of the ball transforms into gravitational potential energy, because, here, the ball loses height and gains velocity.