I didn't know tetherball had rules.

[dasherHampton]

http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/Files/TETHERBALL%20RULES.pdf

To this very day I thought that was just something the school put out there to distract kids not coordinated enough to play traditional sports.
"Can you at least manage to hit this ball? And please don't fall down and hurt yourself."

Shocker. My first new bit of information in 2021. It's going to be a good year.

 

[BoomerD]

I noticed it was missing what I thought was the only actual rule...You're not supposed to kick the opposing player in the nuts/va-jay-jay to gain a competitive advantage. I guess the two or three times I played as a kid, I was lied to and screwed out of a win...

 

[brianmanahan]

interesting. this is how i always played tetherball (except by myself, not with tina majorino):

technically napoleon should be DQ'd because he double hit the ball

 

[lxskllr]

That's how I played, but I don't think anyone was aware of rules. Not sure how you even double hit if you're trying. That's one of the few games I was good at. Sending the ball over the opponent's head made a quick win.

 

[IronWing]

I thought the point of tetherball was to try to hit your opponent in the face with the ball - captive dodgeball, another outlet for sadistic gym teachers.