What you need
- A ball (preferably a rubber ball about tennis ball size)
- At least two players – it’s best with four
- A hard court: with chalk, mark out four squares on the ground that touch each other to make one large square.
Playing the game
1
Each player stands in a square. Highest rank is King, then Queen, Jack and Joker.
2
The King starts the game by serving the ball with their hand – it must bounce once in their square before landing in another.
3
After the ball has bounced once in the receiving player’s square, they then hit the ball into the square of any other player.
If the ball lands on the line, replay the point.
A player is out if they…
- Fail to hit the ball into another square
- Allow the ball to bounce more than once in their square
- Hit the ball out of the large square
- Hold, catch or carry the ball
- Hit the ball with something other than their hands
- Hit the ball when the ball did not bounce in their square
When a player is out, they move into the lowest ranking square (Joker) and all other players move up to fill in the gaps. Or, if there are more than 4 players, the next player comes in at the Joker square and the losing player sits out until another player loses.
