Tennis Terminology
This page serves as a glossary of tennis. Every special word can be found here.
| Term | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | The first round of a tennis match. | |
| Multiserve | A serve that is meant to start many matches, usually 3 or more. | |
| Round | One of the videos of a tennis match. | |
| Volley | Any round in a match that isn't the first. | |
| Match | A full, closed sequence of rounds, played between a group (1+) of players. | |
| Rematch | A match between a group that has happened more than once (for example: GameBop vs. MycroProcessor (rematch)) | |
| Match Meme | A joke or commonality that remains prevalent throughout the majority of the match. | |
| Tournament | "Competitive" tennis events, often hosted by the tennis staff. | Tennis Tournaments |
| Staff | The "leaders" of the tennis community, they host tournaments and serve as upstanding people in both tennis and real life. | Tennis Staff |
| Puzzle Piece | A segment of a video that is rendered out separately, usually to speed up rendering time or build something otherwise not normally possible. | Puzzle Pieces |
| Roster | A list of all of your matches, usually in document or spreadsheet form. You can include as little or as much info as you want, including players you want to play and games that haven't started yet! | |
| Plugin | A program that adds extra functionality to another program (usually effects to a video editor in the case of tennis | |
| Effect | A video/audio filter | |
| VST | A type of audio effect | |
| Duel | A special type of tennis where sources are carried over, rather than videos being volleyed | Duels |
| Erosion | A historical term referring to the intentional use of overly destructive filters and effects to make the previous video completely unrecognizable | |
| Intermission | A video that is part of the match but not part of the "main sequence" of videos (usually as filler material when watching in full) |