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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