Turfball

TurfBall

An American made backyard/hardcore/picnic past time. It consists of 2 players or 2 teams of 2 players.
THe materials needed are 2 rackets (tennis, badminton, ping pong) or your weapon of choice. The lethal weapon is a tennis ball, golf ball, wiffle ball, baseball, bowling ball, basketball.

The boundaries are a rectangle and the dimensions of 100ft by 50ft. You can play on TURF, grass, blacktop, or basketball court.

THe RULES:

1. One serves by sitting the ball on the ground and with a flick of a wrist fling it to the other player.

2. The receiver then returns the ball but most go further than 10 feet.

3. Then there is a continuous rally until the ball becomes "dead"

4. THe ball is dead after the ball hits the ground twice.

5. in order to win a point you must be the server, and the reciever does not return the ball.

6. An ace occurs when the returner does not return the serve.

7. THe game can be played to 15.

8. You must win by 2 points to win.

9. The ball starts out such as a basketball tipoff.

10. no player can touch the ball until it hits the ground and there is a scrum such as in rugby.

11. To win the scrum you have to flick the ball out of bounds on your chosen side.

12. In doubles play, the same rules apply but you must alternatley hit such as in ping pong.

HAVE FUN!

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