The Court
Four square is played on any hard surfaced court, such as wood, concrete or asphalt, with boundaries measuring 50' by 50' at a max (this is only an estimate). The court may be extended. The court is divided into four smaller squares each 36" by 36" at a min. Each of the four squares has a rank and is occupied by a single player. The ranks are arranged so that either the highest ranking square is positioned facing the lowest ranking square or the ranks increase as one moves clockwise. The ranks from highest to lowest are Aces, kings, queens, jacks and dunce. In other words the top or "superior" square is square one and then two, three, and the lowest ranking square would be square four. The square ranking goes counter-clock wise.
The lines on the court are boundaries. The interior lines separating player squares are out of bounds. The ball may not touch any portion of an inside line or the player who hit the ball is in error. The lines marking the outermost edges of the court are considered in-bounds. If a ball lands on or touches the inside lines then the game ends and the last person to touch the ball is eliminated.
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Famous quotes containing the word court:
“At court I met it, in clothes brave enough
To be a courtier, and looks grave enough
To seem a statesman.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Of all things in life, Mrs. Lee held this kind of court-service in contempt, for she was something more than republican—a little communistic at heart, and her only serious complaint of the President and his wife was that they undertook to have a court and to ape monarchy. She had no notion of admitting social superiority in any one, President or Prince, and to be suddenly converted into a lady-in-waiting to a small German Grand-Duchess, was a terrible blow.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)