Safety Hinder – a halt in play caused by a situation that could lead to injury from the racket or the ball; the “Rally” is replayed  

Safety Zone – the region of the court between the “Short Line” and “Receiving Line”; players are restricted fro entering this area during the serve

Safety Zone Violation – entering the “Safety Zone” before the served ball bounces

Screen – a rebounding ball that comes too close to the now defender, preventing the opponent from a fair chance to return the ball either because of limited physical space or visibility, this is a “Fault”
Serve – initial shot that begins play at the game’s beginning and after each “Rally”; a legal serve must be hit from inside the “Service Zone” and rebound off the “Front Wall” and hit the floor behind the “Short Line”. See “Fault”

Server – the player hitting the serve; the only player who can score

Service Box – the box at each end of the court, parallel to the “Side Wall” and in between the “Service Line” and the “Short Line”; in “Doubles” the server’s partner must stand in this box until the served ball crosses the “Short Line”

Service Line – the line parallel to the “Front Wall” 15 feet back, all serves must be hit from behind this line

Service return – The shot used to return the ball after the serve.

Service zone – the area of the court between the “Short Line” and the “Service Line”

Set up – a shot placing the ball in a great position for an aggressive “Offensive Shot” often a “Killshot”; see “Plum”

Short serve – See “Fault”

Short hop – a shot returned quickly, just after the ball hits the ground – a low fast shot that takes skill to execute and is hard to return

Short Line – the line midway between and parallel to the front and back walls; a served ball must cross the short line before the server steps out of the serving zone, or the serve is a fault

Side-out – losing the opportunity to serve the ball, and thus to score

Singles – the standard game format, two players against each other

Skip ball – a too-low shot that hits the floor before it reaches the front wall

Splat – An offensive shot hit from close to the side wall directly to the side wall at high speed, which caroms at a sharp angle.ts the front wall at the “Bottom Board” so close to the floor that it rebounds without a bounce by rolling back into the court; virtually impossible to retrieve.