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:
“To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster: Either condemn or crown your hatred.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“As to “Don Juan,” confess ... that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life, is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? and tooled in a post-chaise? in a hackney coach? in a Gondola? against a wall? in a court carriage? in a vis a vis? on a table? and under it?”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)