Paddle ball game
OwnerDaniel L. Deppeninventor
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Abstract
A game is played by providing at least two hitting devices, a resilient projectile and at least two eight foot squares spaced twelve feet apart on a sand or grass surface. Two or four players hit the resilient projectile back and forth between opposed or diagonal squares until a mistake is made by a player. If the mistake is made by the non-serving player or team, the serving player or team is awarded a point. If the mistake is made by the serving player or team, the non-serving player or team gets to serve. Play is continued until a game is won by at least two points by the player or team to first reach 21 or higher. One or more sets of games may also be played.
Claims13
A method of playing a game among a plurality of players playing against each other with the ultimate objective of winning the game, including the steps of:
- providing at least two squares spaced approximately twelve feet apart on a soft surface with the space formed between the at least two square acting as a net;
- providing a player in the at least two square with a hitting device;
- providing a resilient projectile;
- putting the resilient projectile in play to see which of the players serves to start play;
- hitting the resilient projectile back and forth until a player makes a mistake;
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- continuing playing of the game by the players until a predetermined number of points is reached or a series of games in a set is completed.
A method of playing a paddle ball game including the steps of:
- marking off at least two parallel eight foot squares spaced twelve feet apart on a grass or sand surface with no net between the spaced, eight foot squares;
- providing a player limited to playing in each square with a paddle;
- providing a resilient ball;
- putting the resilient ball in play so that it is hit back and forth at least three times to determine which player serves;
- allowing the serving player in one of the squares to start the game by hitting the resilient ball to another player in a second of the squares whereby the other player may hit the ball back to the serving player;
- hitting the resilient ball back and forth until a player makes a mistake;
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- continuing playing of the paddle ball game so that each time a non-serving player makes a mistake the serving player is awarded a point, or each time the serving player makes a mistake the non-serving player gets to serve until the point total for a player reaches 21 and is at least 2 points more than that of the other player.
A method of playing a paddle a paddle ball game including the steps of:
- marking off four parallel eight foot squares, in sets of two, spaced twelve feet apart on a grass or sand surface with no net between the two sets;
- providing a player an assigned square and a paddle so as to form two teams;
- providing a resilient ball;
- putting the resilient ball in play so that it is hit back and forth at least three times to determine which team serves;
- allowing one of the players in the serving team to start the game by hitting the ball to a player in a receiving team whereby the other player may hit the ball back to a player in the serving team;
- hitting the ball back and forth until a player makes a mistake;
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- continuing playing of the paddle ball game so that each time a player in a non-serving team makes a mistake the serving team is awarded a point, or each time a player in the serving team makes a mistake a player in the non-serving team gets to serve until one of the teams reaches 21 points and is at least 2 points ahead of the other team.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.