A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 16
HistoricalA.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1928 (historical)
If a ball, while in play, touches a player on the way back from the front wall, it counts as a miss for this player, putting his side out if serving, or scoring for his opponent if they are serving, and the ball is immediately dead or out of play.
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How this rule changed
See the wording of this rule in every rulebook, with the changes marked.
How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Action
- Place
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Opponent: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Opponent relates to Front wall: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Opponent relates to Ball: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Change of serve (side-out). 1 weaker link (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) is not drawn.