service box
noun
: the area in which a player stands while serving in various court games (such as squash or handball)
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Wilson, of Columbus North, smashed a serve near the left corner of a service box.
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Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
The car also features a pair of cooling circuits, one for when the car is running and a second cooling circuit that connects to a service box that also contains the S1 Hoonitron's DC fast charger.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
What can be done that can be implemented even at a club level, assuming shorter service boxes/taller nets are out?
—Jon B., Seattle, Wa.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Feb. 2018
The children were assessed twice for Glenohumeral range of motion and isometric strength of the bilateral (dominant and non-dominant sides) shoulder-complex muscles, after all players warmed-up with rallies in the service boxes.
—NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2018
Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
The car also features a pair of cooling circuits, one for when the car is running and a second cooling circuit that connects to a service box that also contains the S1 Hoonitron's DC fast charger.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
What can be done that can be implemented even at a club level, assuming shorter service boxes/taller nets are out?
—Jon B., Seattle, Wa.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Feb. 2018
The children were assessed twice for Glenohumeral range of motion and isometric strength of the bilateral (dominant and non-dominant sides) shoulder-complex muscles, after all players warmed-up with rallies in the service boxes.
—NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2018
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