noun
- A violation in tennis or volleyball in which a player's foot crosses the baseline or service line during a serve.
Usage: Common in tennis and volleyball
verb
- To commit a footfault; to step over the baseline or service line while serving in tennis or volleyball.
Usage: Present participle of 'footfault'
Examples
- The tennis player was footfaulting repeatedly during the match, losing several points.
- The server was footfaulting on nearly every serve in the first set.
- Footfaulting is an automatic loss of the serve in professional tennis.
- She improved her technique to avoid footfaulting during important matches.
- The referee called footfaulting on the volleyball player's jump serve.
- Beginners often struggle with footfaulting when learning to serve properly.