Apparatus and method of playing a paddle ball game

A method of playing a paddle ball game, comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a hard surface;
• b. defining a substantially rectangular in-bounds area on said hard surface;
• c. providing a thin rectangular barrier supported between two posts, such that the plane of said barrier is substantially perpendicular to said hard surface and such that said barrier divides said in-bounds area into two equal areas;
• d. defining two first serve lines on said hard surface, said first serve lines positioned at the extreme ends of said in-bounds area on each side of said barrier, said first serve lines being parallel to said barrier;
• e. defining two second serve lines on said hard surface, said second serve lines disposed on opposite sides of said barrier, said second serve lines each positioned mid-way between said first serve line and said barrier, said second serve lines being parallel to said barrier;
• f. providing at least two paddles;
• g. providing a projectile;
• h. providing at least two players;
• i. said players choosing who will begin a volley for serve to start said game;
• j. said player who begins said volley using said paddle to hit said projectile over said barrier to other said player;
• k. said players using said paddles to hit said projectile back and forth over said barrier;
• l. said player who fails to hit said projectile back over said barrier becoming a defensive player, the other of said players becoming an offensive player;
• m. said player who hits said projectile such that said projectile lands out of bounds becoming the defensive player, the other of said players becoming the offensive player;
• n. said offensive player serving said projectile to said defensive player;
• o. permitting a plurality of methods of serving, each of said methods of serving requiring that said projectile hit said hard surface on said offensive player's side of said barrier before said projectile goes over said barrier;
• p. permitting at least one of said methods of serving to be executed from said first serve line only;
• q. permitting at least one of said methods of serving to be executed from said first serve line and from said second serve line;
• r. after said projectile is served, said players using said paddles to hit said projectile back and forth over said barrier;
• s. when said defensive player fails to hit said projectile back over said barrier, said offensive player gaining a point and then serving said projectile again;
• t. when said defensive player hits said projectile back over said barrier such that said projectile lands out of bounds, said offensive player gaining a point and then serving said projectile again;
• u. present said defensive player becoming new said offensive player and present said offensive player becoming new said defensive player when present said offensive player fails to serve said projectile over said barrier;
• v. present said defensive player becoming new said offensive player and present said offensive player becoming new said defensive player when present said offensive player fails to hit said projectile back over said barrier;
• w. present said defensive player becoming new said offensive player and present said offensive player becoming new said defensive player when present said offensive player hits said projectile such that said projectile lands out of bounds;
• x. new said offensive player serving said projectile to new said defensive player;
• y. when said projectile clears said barrier while going over said barrier, then said projectile hits said hard surface at least twice, said player being restricted from hitting said projectile back over said barrier;
• z. when said projectile touches said barrier while going over said barrier, then said projectile hits said hard surface at least three times, said player being restricted from hitting said projectile back over said barrier;
• and
• aa. play continuing until one of said players reaches a pre-determined number of points.