P.E

• Ball in play is the period from the time ball is served until a fault has been committed by any of the players in the game.
• Charge time out is the break or rest requested by coaches intended for playing style instructions to the players.
• Coed game is a game event jointly participated by men and women.
• Courtesy hand shake is done at the center of the court before the match as an act of sportsmanship and courtesy to the opponent.
• Cross court refers to the diagonal exchange of the ball to the opponent's court.
• Crossing (at the center line) is an act of crossing and touching the opponent's court either by mistake or intention.
• Dead Ball is officially declared by the whistle of the officiating official when a violation in the transfer of giving the pitch has been committed to the opponent's court.
• Defaulted Game or match is declared in the non-appearance or late reporting after the 15 minutes grace period of any team in the match. This automatically awards the win to the team that is present.
• Defense is the act of the team who is not in possession or not in the service of the ball to get the ball and not commit error for point/score purposes.
• Double fault is a simultaneous error between the two opposing teams.
• Down the line refers to the hit or spike or the ball falling directly on the line at the side of the court. The point goes to the team which strikes the ball.
• Five minutes rest is the period given to opposing teams when the fifth set is needed after four rounds of the game or when there is a tie.
• Foot fault is a foul committed by a server stepping on the side or end lines during the service.
• Formation is the arrangement or alignment of the players either on offense or defense.
• Game (or set) is termination of a set or inning after a team has scored 25 points or an advantage of two points is earned to terminate the play.
• Game over is a term used to indicate that the match has ended either by 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 sets.
• Forfeited game is a decision proclaimed when players do not reach the minimum number of six players to play the game, late, or non-appearance of the team for the game, or walk out or non-confirmation of the players to the decision of the referees.
• Game point is the point gained by the team leading to the termination of the set or game.
• Good ball is the ball landing within the boundary limit of the court of the opponent which they fail to get, thereby a considered fault. It is known as good shot for the server.
• Libero is a defensive specialist player in a team.
• Line ball is a good ball, ball hitting, or landing on the boundary lines of the opponent's court.
• Offense is a term used when the team is in possession of the ball or a serving team who makes the point.
• Match refers to the number of games or sets completed in a contest usually 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 sets.
• Out of bounds is the ball that hits or touches any surface of the floor outside the court; ball that touches the ceiling during indoor game; touches the antennae; or does not pass over the net limited by an antenna.
• Play can be preliminary action or follow up movements or contacting the ball to regain equilibrium. Spiking and blocking constitute a single play. Players are the athletes playing inside the playing court.
• Play Over is the proclamation done when the lat serving of the ball is successfully executed without awarding or penalizing a side-out point giving the final point for the final set.
• Point is called when the serving team successfully played the ball or when the receiving team failed to return the ball to the serving team.
• Ready Position is the position in the court assumed by all players as quickly as possible after the ball crosses into the opponent's court.
• Red card flash is the disqualification called by the referee to any member of a team preventing the player's privilege to continue to play.
• Referee's time out is the term used when a referee or any official stops the play for valid reason usually not charged to any team.
• Rotation is the shifting of the players in a clockwise shifting movement of the players done in every service of the ball.
• Screening is the attempt by players to the serving team to hide or screen or conceal the server.
• Serving order is the arrangement of service to be done by the players according to the list entered in the score sheet and the position indicated in the court.
• Substitution is the act of switching or changing players from the playing court.
• Switch is the act of changing positions immediately after the service is made, i.e., a front line player going to the back line area or vice-versa.
• Three-minute rest is a grace period given by the referee in order to assess injury of a player and his physical condition to continue playing the game.
• Toss coin is the act of choosing the right to serve or choose the side of the court to play usually done every beginning of the first and fifth game/set.
• Touch the net is the act of unintentional touching of the net or its rope by any part of the body or the clothes.
• Two-minute rest is the period allowed to players to rest after a set is completed.
• Weak area is the area on the court which is either conceded or retrieved difficult to move in due to light or space.