Terms

Question 1

Ace

Answer 1

A serve that lands on the court for a point without being touched.

Question 2

Back set

Answer 2

A set made over the head and back of the setter.

Question 3

Floater

Answer 3

A serve that is softly hit with no spin that “floats” or wobbles in flight.

Question 4

Let Serve

Answer 4

A legal serve that touches the net as it goes over and lands in bounds.

Question 5

Hit

Answer 5

Another name for a spike.

Question 6

Hitter

Answer 6

The player who spikes the ball.

Question 7

Kill

Answer 7

A non-returnable hit by a player.

Question 8

Dink

Answer 8

A one-handed, soft hit into the opponent’s court using the fingertips.

Question 9

Legal Hit

Answer 9

Contact with the ball by a player’s body above the waist, and in which the ball does not visibly come to
rest.

Question 10

Illegal Hit

Answer 10

Any hit below the waist, or if the ball visibly comes to rest momentarily on any part of the body.

Question 11

Carry

Answer 11

When the ball rests momentarily on one or both hands.

Question 12

Double hit

Answer 12

If one player hits the ball more than once consecutively, or can be uneven contact.

Question 13

Foul

Answer 13

An infraction of the rules.

Question 14

Foot Fault

Answer 14

Server steps on or over end line before he/she contacts the ball.

Question 15

Net Recovery

Answer 15

An attempt to play a ball that has been hit into the net.

Question 16

Rotation

Answer 16

Act of shifting positions in a clockwise direction.

Question 17

Side out

Answer 17

When the serving team violates a rule or hits the ball out.

Question 18

Dead ball

Answer 18

Ball that is temporally out of play.

Question 19

Point

Answer 19

Scoring unit awarded for an infringement of any rule by opposing team.

Question 20

Match

Answer 20

The varsity match winner is the team who wins 3 out of 5 sets (aka games).