When an attacker swings at the ball and misses it completely. Air balls are always the fault of the setter and no correspondence will be entered into.
A bad roll of the dice that fails to hit the blot of the opponent. For example if you can hit a checker on the place of 3,4,7 and you rolled 6 – it is an air ball. (A term from basketball)
When you have a poor throw of the dice.
A shot that misses the rim or backboard.
An unblocked shot that fails to hit the rim or backboard. If the shooting team grabs the rebound, the shot clock (if there is one) will not be reset.
In basketball, an air ball is any shot that misses the basket completely and does not hit either the net, rim, or backboard.