Terminologies

• A serve that is not returned and results in a point.

  Ace
• Passing or setting a ball to a player who attacks the ball for a point.

  Assist
• A defensive play, where a player deflects a spiked ball back to the opponent's court.

  Block
• A ball that falls in the floor and is surrounded with two or more players.

  Campfire
• An attack with angle, almost the parallel to the net.

  Cut Shot
• Passing a spiked.

  Dig
• A legal pushing of the ball over the blockers.

  Dink
• When a player makes contact with the ball twice in a row. This isconsidered an illegal hit.

  Double Hit
• A legal pushing of the bA non-spinning serve, it can sometimes have erratic movement during flight all over the blockers.

  Floater
• When a player steps over the line while serving, which results in point for the opposing team.

  Foot Fault
• A type of serve that is done by tossing the ball into the air, jumping, and hitting the ball when it is in its downward motion.

  Jumpserve
• When the ball is falling directly on top of the net, two opposing players will jump and attempt to push the ball to the other side.

  Joust
• A successful hit that results in an immediate point.

  Kill
• When a serve hits the top of the net and rolls onto the other side, resulting in a point.

  Let
• A ball that is spiked right down the opposing sideline.

  Line shot
• A ball that is spiked with less force and has spin.

  Off-speed limit
• A cross court spike that reaches the furthest end of the court.

  Power alley
• When a player is unable to return a serve that should have been returned, and it results an ace.

  Reception error
• A type of dig that occurs when a player extends his or her hand flat on the floor, and lets the ball bounce off the back of his or her hand.

  Pancake
• An unsuccessful serve that occurs by the ball landing out of bounds, failing to clear the net, or a foot fault from the server.

  Service error
• A wild and unplayable pass.

  Shank
• An offensive play in which a ball is set and directed into an open area on the court.

  Shot
• When the serving team loses the rally causing the other team tserve for the next point.

  Side out
• When the hitter attacks the ball with a swinging motion. This is an attempt to get a kill.

  Spike
• Left side of the court for right handed hitters.

  Strong side
• A soft and off-speed attack done with the fingertips.

  Tip
• Right side of the court.

  Weak side