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Four Square

Four square is a playground and recreation ball game played on four squares. Players strike or tap the ball between courts; errors lead to rotation or elimination under local house rules.

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AI-generated illustration: Four Square — AI-generated illustration

Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Ball Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung A ball game on four squares with rotation after errors.

Geeignet für Suitable for groups, playgrounds, parks and quick social rounds.

Cost Very low: ball, chalk/lines and hard surface are enough. Almost no running costs beyond ball replacement. School, park, community centre, Playworks context or four-square event. Clarify house rules first; there is no single world-federation standard.

First progress Playable immediately; better placement after a few rounds.

Fitness level easy

Was du brauchst

ball
four squares
chalk/lines
hard surface
house rules

First steps

mark squares
set order
clarify serve
clarify faults
play short rounds

Playground, park, community centre, Playworks rules or community event.

Use clear space, dry ground and distance from paths.

Weitere Angaben

Tags four-square, schoolyard, playground, needs-review, ball-sport, ballsport, vier-quadrat-ballspiel, four-square-playground-game

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Survive rallies and rotate into higher squares or score there.

Teilnehmer

Usually four active players plus waiting players.

Teamgröße

Individual players in four squares.

Spielfeld

Four similar squares on a hard surface.

Dauer

Free rounds or target score by house rule.

Wertung

Rotation, elimination or points by house rule.

Gewinnbedingung

Longest stay/highest score in target square or agreed house rule.

Ausrüstung

ball
court lines

Wichtige Regelpunkte

ball out
double hit
catch/carry
line/service fault
house-rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Rules Squarefour · community-rules · medium
Four Square World Championship Four Square World Championship · event-guide · medium
Foursquare Playworks · schoolyard-guide · medium