Talk:Four square

No mention of the English variant, Kingey? I propose adding a section to the Four square article!
Kingey was the main sport played at many schools in the south of England, including Parlaunt Park, Castleview and Langley Grammar Schools (all located in Slough). I personally played the game from 1981-1994 and my friends at that time played it in schools throughout the county of Berkshire, England. I'm also aware that it was played in the 1970's too. The Australian variation, Downball, shares nearly all the same terminology.

Citation 1 - Me! Citation 2 - http://everything.explained.at/Kingey/ Citation 3 - http://www.odps.org/glossword/index.php?a=term&d=2&t=1147 Citation 4 - http://xklsv.org/viewwiki.php?title=Kingey

Changeling2008 (talk) 15:41, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * if you feel it is necessary then by all means go ahead. Kerna96 (talk) 23:48, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

àl mallboi (talk) 02:58, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Noàl mallboi (talk) 02:58, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Date
The date of 1964 is way to late. I played four square in grade school during the 1950s. Maybe 1964 refers to the establishment of some "official" organization. Wschart (talk) 00:20, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Completely agree. In elementary school in the 1950s in West Chester PA we played four square a lot after school, while we played dodgeball (under the name bombardment) at school. And we had an obvious variant, two square, where just two players face each other. Colin McLarty (talk) 09:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Squares
I propose the change of the heir achy Ace being the number one square followed by Kings, Queens then Dunce

I wish for that to be included in the article maybe as a an alternative gameplay or the main — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manuel hodges (talk • contribs) 02:50, 13 March 2016 (UTC)  àl mallboi (talk) 03:00, 8 August 2019 (UTC)From my experience, this is mainstream.àl mallboi (talk) 03:00, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Simple explanation
I came here to find out what this game was, having never heard of it before.

Having read the entire article, I still don't really know. I assumed an encylopedia article would have a simple summary of the subject in question. This one sure doesn't.

For example:''""Football (also known as Soccer) is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal."" ''

The best this article offers is "...to eliminate other players to achieve the highest rank", which tells me precisely nothing, and raises more questions than it answers. Eliminate how? What rank? Damage (talk) 16:06, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct. There's no description of gameplay. Gotham77 (talk) 03:40, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Handball (school)
I propose that the Handball (school) article be merged into Four square. The Handball (school) article talks a lot about it being a variation of handball, but the game is really just a regional variety of four square. There isn't really much noteworthy cited content in that article beyond what could easily be included in its own section in the four square page. The sections on rules and pop culture should probably be blanked as the material is either of little importance or is uncited. Kb.au (talk) 17:31, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I disagree. While the rules may be a "variation", they are different enough to be considered a separate game. I note that the page views are quite healthy for a regional variation. Doctorhawkes (talk) 20:52, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Downball
There was a redirect from Downball to Four square. Based on the statement in Downball that Downball and Four square are different games, I have accepted Downball as a separate article. This appears to be contrary to the conclusion at Articles for deletion/Downball, and further discussion is in order. For now, there are two articles. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:36, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * There's not very much in the Downball article to warrant keeping, IMHO. As I said at the AFD (7 years ago!), I think they are different but it is hard to find decent sources. Doctorhawkes (talk) 12:43, 26 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I have no idea whether anyone has ever called foursquare "downball". However, there was/is (also?) a totally different game — somewhat similar to Australian handball — which was downball.  Please see my comments.
 * —DIV (1.129.111.116 (talk) 03:05, 20 October 2019 (UTC))
 * P.S. OK, I just looked at the downball article, and it's correct.  It's definitely a different game.


 * I have sent the redirect at Down ball to Downball, rather than to the present article on Four-square. I've also added text and some cross-references.  —DIV (1.129.111.116 (talk) 03:38, 20 October 2019 (UTC))

Boy, thirteen, kicks ball onto roof while raging during four square
Teacher sentences him to blacktop walking Kosburrat (talk) 16:37, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Though I doubt there will be any citable sources for it
I feel the myriad of "special moves" ought to be included here, as that was the primary focus of the game when I was a kid (it's a bit yawnworthy otherwise.) You'd come up with creative and difficult-to-anticipate ways of returning the ball into someone else's square, and shout out its special move name. The article does mention Popcorn at least, which I definitely remember. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:449:4582:CB00:306F:4ECA:56E2:5F11 (talk) 08:04, 24 June 2024 (UTC)