Volleyball
Ace— A serve which lands in the opponent's court without being touched, or is touched, but unable to be kept in play by one or more receiving team players.
Forearm pass— a play using the underside of the forearms connected at the wrists to pass the ball.
Dig- A player passes the ball which has been attacked by the opposition. Digs are only given when players receive an attacked ball and it is kept in play. A ball that has been touched by the blockers and then played by the defense is a dig.
Floater— a serve that does not spin. It is called a floater because it moves in unpredictable ways making it difficult to pass.
Jump Serve— a type of volleyball serve where the player increases the power and height of their serve by jumping into the hit.
Rally Score— a scoring system in volleyball in which a point is scored on every single rally, regardless of which team is serving the ball. Thus, in rally scoring, points can be scored by either the serving or receiving team.
Dink— a shot where the ball drops just over the net/attacking the ball by legally pushing the ball around, through or over blockers
Attack— The offensive act of hitting the volleyball.
Attack Line— Also called "the 10-foot line"; the line that divides the front row players from the back row players
Kill— successful, legal, point-scoring play from a spike attack. Also an attack by a player that is not returnable by the receiving player on the opposing team and leads directly to a point or loss of rally
Block— Player(s) blocks the ball into the opponent's court leading to a point or side out
Topspin Serve— A type of serve that spins rapidly forward from the top
Mintonette— Origin of volleyball. William G. Morgan. On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players.
Set— delivered from behind the setter to an attacker/pushing the ball high with your fingers so the hitters can attack the ball
Side-out— when the receiving team earns the right to serve.
Spike— attack strategy used to hit the ball over the net to the opposing team in a way that is difficult to return. A spike is generally hit at a downward angle with great force.
Pancake— done by taking a hand and putting on the ground so the ball lands on top of it.
Double hit— occurs when a player touches the ball with more than one body part while trying to hit the ball. ... The ball could also bounce off a player's body part, such as her knee, before she hits with her hands.
Campfire— is a term used to describe when a ball is returned over the net and it falls in between one, two, three or more players, without any of them going after the ball.
Roof— When the defensive player blocks a ball so hard that it is immediately returned to the hitter and goes straight to the floor.
Joust— two blockers from opposing teams reach a ball on the net at the same time, and both try to hit it over to the other side. As a result, the two blockers trap the ball between them as each try to make the ball fall on the opponent's side.
Wipe- when a setter or the hitter senses the pressure of a defender (or block), therefore they hit the ball into the defender's hands, with the intention that the ball will go out of bounds.