noun
half volley
A tennis shot where the ball is hit immediately after it bounces, before it rises.
彼はネット際で見事なハーフボレーを決めた。
He executed a brilliant half volley at the net.
Variant with interpunct, sometimes seen in dictionaries or older texts.
A volley is hit before the ball bounces; a half volley is hit just after the bounce.
Borrowed from English 'half volley'.