A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 16
HistoricalA.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1931 (historical)
If a returned ball hits an adversary, as decided by the referee, before hitting the front wall, it is out of play and it shall be served over without penalty to either side.
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How this rule changed
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Action
- Place
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Referee relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Front wall: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 7 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.
2 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.