| A | B |
|---|
| ACE | A serve that is not passable and results immediately in a point. |
| BLOCK | A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court. It may be a combination of one, two or three players jumping in front of the opposing spiker and contacting the spiked ball with the hands. |
| BUMP PASS | The use of joined forearms to pass or set a ball in an underhand manner. |
| CENTER LINE | The boundary that runs directly under the net and divides the court into two equal halves. |
| DINK | A legal push of the ball around or over blockers. |
| DOUBLE HIT | Successive hits or contacts by the same player. (Illegal) |
| FOREARM PASS | Join your arms from the elbows to the wrists and strike the ball with the fleshy part of your forearms in an underhand motion. |
| FAULT | A violation of the rules. |
| HELD BALL (also called a carry) | A ball that comes to rest during contact resulting in a foul. |
| OVERHAND PASS | A pass executed with both hands open, controlled by the fingers and thumbs, played just above the forehead. |
| READY POSITION | The flexed, yet comfortable, posture a player assumes before moving to contact the ball. |
| ROTATION | The clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out. |
| SERVE | used to put the ball into play. |
| SERVER | The player who puts the ball into play |
| SET | A pass executed with both hands open, controlled by the fingers and thumbs, played just above the forehead. |
| SIDE OUT | Occurs when the receiving team successfully puts the ball away against the serving team, or when the serving team commits an unforced error, and the receiving team thus gains the right to serve. |
| SPIKE | Also hit or attack. A ball contacted with force by a player on the offensive team who intends to terminate the ball on the opponent's floor or off the opponent's blocker. |
| CLASSIC THREE HITS | bump (forearm pass), set (overhead pass) and spike. |
| WINNER | The first team to score fifteen points by a margin of two points. |
| GAME POINT | Called when the next point by the serving team will result in a winning score. |
