1) Tennis shot 
a delivery that bounces just short of the block hole. Usually easy to drive or glance away.
a pass or shot in which the ball is struck just as, or just after, it touches the ground.[101]
a delivery that bounces just short of the block hole. Usually easy to drive or glance away.
Shot made after a short bounce or simultaneous to the bounce.
A half volley in tennis is a shot that is hit immediately after the ball bounces but before it reaches the apex of its bounce. It is sometimes called an `on the rise shot`, or `short hop`. ==Technique== The player who is hitting the half volley should not take a full backswing, but should still follow through. The grip for this shot is a stand...
(from the article `cricket`) ...and uncertainty as to exactly where and how it will pitch. A good-length ball is one that causes the batsman to be uncertain whether to move ... ...with an overhead smash, the most forceful of strokes. The player making the smash often leaps to hit the ball with a stroke similar to the serve ... [2 rel...
a volley shot made after a short bounce
An overpitched ball, whose pitch the batsman can reach easily, and so hit off the front foot.
[n] - a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
noun a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
To hit the tennis ball immediately after it has off the ground, so you're hitting the ball on it's upward bounce.