Four Square a Huge Hit with Fleetwood Seniors

A lot of the seniors at Fleetwood are interested and involved in many different activities, but, if there is one activity that has taken precedence over the rest this year, it is the seniors’ love for four square. The game wasn’t big with last year’s senior class, but now almost all of the seniors are playing it at lunch or study hall.

Four square is a ball game played among four individuals on a square divided into four quadrants. Because basically no equipment is required, no setup, and rounds of play are short, this game is perfect for seniors to play at lunch or study hall.

Four square is generally played with a rubber ball–for students here, a tennis ball–that you hit from quadrant to quadrant. The object of four square is to eliminate one of the four players in order to advance to the highest position on the court, which is known as the number one spot.

 In order for a player to be eliminated, one of a few things must happen. Someone can be eliminated by hitting the ball and failing to hit it into another square, hitting the ball out of turn, hitting the ball out-of-bounds, holding or catching the ball, or violating any rules that players make up themselves during the game.

Not much is known about the origin of four square. The game is thought to be nearly a hundred years old. There are mentions of four square in children’s books in the early 20^th century.

Although the weather is getting colder and seniors will be retreating inside for the winter, there is no doubt the seniors will play it again once the warm weather is back .