James's Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 10 Short serve: hand or foot
HistoricalJames's Four-Wall Rules, 1873 (historical)
When a ball is served short to the player he has the privilege of striking it with his hand or foot, if struck with the foot and it fails to go upon the front wall it does not score for the striker. If struck with the hand and it fails to strike the front wall it is an ace for the striker.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
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- Action
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- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Serve: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ace: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Ace: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
8 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.