Four Square - Terms

Terms

There are a number of terms which are used in many versions of the game, such as:

  • Airbourne or handy, hitting the ball with your hand and making it go into another square without it bouncing in yours first, resulting in being out
  • Into, players going into others squares, resulting in either a play on or Replay (note: sometimes kids claim "friendly-fire" or "invaders" to escape this; however, most of the time this is not allowed).
  • Re-Serve, foul serve
  • Re-Play, a case of unclear situation in which 2 serves
  • Interference, a term when another person interrupts the game, for example, walking through the court
  • Fault 123: If king serves the ball and gets himself out, he can use his faults to defend himself. There is usually a minimum 2 faults and 3 maximum rule for the number of faults allowed.
  • Tea party, when two players pass between themselves excessively, thereby excluding the other two players from the game.

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