Spalding Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 17 Serve over the back board
HistoricalSpalding Four-Wall Rules, 1886 (historical)
If a ball served to the player goes over the back board or strikes the gallery before bounding on the floor, it is a foul.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- 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 Floor: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Floor: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.