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Closeout position
A position where your opponent has one or more checkers on the bar and you have made all the points in your inner board, so he can't move. A closed board is when you have all the points in your inner board made.
Contact position
The opposite of a non-contact position. Non-contact positions favor the player with the lower pip count remaining - if you are trailing in pip count you often want to maintain contact.
Cover point
To put a second checker on a blot, making the point.
Crawford Rule
Named for Johnny Crawford, a rule used universally in match play. When one player reaches a score where he needs one point to win the match, his opponent may not double in the next game only. Most online software is set up to not allow such doubles. In real-life tournaments, rules vary as to what happens if an illegal double is made. Most players take the cube off the board at the beginning of the Crawford game.
Crunch
A position where you have one or more checkers back, and have made a lot of points in your inner board. If you have to start giving up those points because you have to move checkers in, you are said to be "crunching."
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