Assembly Instructions

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TETHERBALL BASIC & ADVANCED RULES, & TACTICS
BASIC RULES
SEC
5
How the Game is Played:0LAYINMATCHESOFORGAMES%ACHPLAYERTAKESATURNSERVINGFORAWHOLE
GAME4HESERVINGPLAYERMAYSERVETHEBALLINEITHERDIRECTION4HERECEIVINGPLAYERMUSTTHENHITTHE
BALLINTHEOPPOSITEDIRECTION!FTERTHEINITIALSERVEANYPLAYERMAYHITTHEBALL4OWINAGAMEAPLAYER
MUSTCOMPLETELYWRAPTHEROPEAROUNDTHEPOLEINTHATPLAYERSDIRECTION4OWINAMATCHAPLAYERMUST
WINBYTWOORMOREGAMES
Non-Intentional Violations:)FAVIOLATIONOCCURSTHEGAMEISSTOPPEDANDRETURNEDTOTHEPOINTATWHICHTHE
VIOLATIONOCCURRED4HENONOFFENDINGPLAYERGETSTOSERVE4HEFOLLOWINGLISTEXPLAINSTHEVIOLATIONS
sStepping off sides:%ACHPLAYERSlELDOFPLAYCONSISTSOFONLYHALFTHEPLAYINGCIRCLE!PLAYERMAYNOT
STEPOUTOFHISORHERBOUNDARIES
sTouching the rope:0LAYERSMAYNOTTOUCHORHITTHEROPEATANYTIME
sCarrying or throwing the ball:0LAYERSMUSTONLYHITTHEBALLWHENSERVINGANDRECEIVINGTHEBALL4HEBALL
MUSTBOUNCEOFFTHEPLAYERSHANDSORlSTSWITHOUTANYLINGERINGCONTACT
sDouble hitting:!PLAYERMAYHITTHEBALLONLYONCEPERWRAPAROUNDTHEPOLE)FTHEBALLHITSTHEPOLE
WITHOUTGOINGCOMPLETELYAROUNDTHEPOLETHEPLAYERMAYHITTHEBALLAGAIN(OWEVERAPLAYERMAYNOT
HITTHEBALLTWICEDURINGASINGLEREVOLUTION
#OMMITTINGTHREENONINTENTIONALVIOLATIONSINANYCOMBINATIONDURINGASINGLEGAMERESULTSINTHELOSS
OFTHEGAMEFORTHEOFFENDINGPLAYER
Intentional Violations:!PLAYERMUSTNOTGRABTHEPOLE'RABBINGTHEPOLEISANAUTOMATICLOSSOFTHEGAME
FORTHEOFFENDINGPLAYER
Double Violations:)TISHIGHLYUNLIKELYBUTIFBOTHPLAYERSCOMMITAVIOLATIONATTHESAMETIMETHEPLAYERS
MUSTEXECUTEAPole Drop!0OLE$ROPCONSISTSOFBOTHPLAYERSHOLDINGTHEBALLWITHONEHANDTHREEFEET
FROMTHEPOLEALONGTHELINEDIVIDINGTHETWOSIDES4HEPLAYERSTHENRELEASETHEBALLSIMULTANEOUSLYAND
ALLOWTHEBALLTOTOUCHTHEPOLEBEFOREEITHERPLAYERCANHITTHEBALL
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