Method of Game Playing of Forehand Strike

Abstract

A method of game playing known as Forehand Strike™ according to the present invention is a game being played on a court having a pair of service areas on each side of a net using a slow bouncing ball and a hand covering and striking the slow bouncing ball with a forehand shot. The method includes bouncing the slow bouncing ball one time and serving a shot diagonally over the net into an opposite service area of player 2 using a palm of a first user's hand, striking a return shot over the net and into either one of the pair of service areas of the first player, each player continuing to return a subsequent shot across the net and into one of the two service areas of an opposing player after the slow bouncing ball has bounced only once until one of the subsequent shots lands outside both of the service areas of the opposing player, and awarding a point to the player making a last valid shot into one of the service areas of the opposing player. Additionally, each player continues to return a subsequent shot across the net and into one of the two service areas of an opposing player after the slow bouncing ball has bounced only once until one of the subsequent shots lands within one of the service areas of the opposing player and bounces a second time before a next return shot is made and the point is awarded to the player making a last valid shot into one of the service areas of the opposing player.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of game playing known as Forehand Strike™, the game being played on a court having a pair of service areas on each side of a net using a slow bouncing ball and a hand covering and striking the slow bouncing ball with a forehand shot, the method comprising:
 bouncing the slow bouncing ball one time and serving a shot diagonally over the net into an opposite service area of player 2 using a palm of a first user's hand; 
 striking a return shot over the net and into either one of the pair of service areas of the first player; 
 each player continuing to return a subsequent shot across the net and into one of the two service areas of an opposing player after the slow bouncing ball has bounced only once until one of the subsequent shots lands outside both of the service areas of the opposing player; and 
 awarding a point to the player making a last valid shot into one of the service areas of the opposing player. 
 
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising:
 each player continuing to return a subsequent shot across the net and into one of the two service areas of an opposing player after the slow bouncing ball has bounced only once until one of the subsequent shots lands within one of the service areas of the opposing player and bounces a second time before a next return shot is made; and   awarding a point to the player making a last valid shot into one of the service areas of the opposing player.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the method further comprising:
 ending a set of play when a player reaches at least 17 points with a lead of at least 2 points.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the method further comprising:
 ending a match of play when a player a best number of sets from an odd number of sets.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the best number of sets from an odd number of sets is a best 3 of 5 sets. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the best number of sets from an odd number of sets is a best 2 of 3 sets. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the opposing player is awarded a point when a serving player does not serve the slow bouncing ball over the next and into one of the two service areas of the opposing player. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the serving player is permitted to reserve a shot when after bounding once, the serve strikes the net before landing within one of the two service areas of the opposing player. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein two players are a team pair of players on each side of the next during a match, either of the two players may hit the slow bouncing ball after one bounce for the return shot into one of the two service areas of the opposing pair of players. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the serving player alternates between the first player and the second player after a serving player has served two serving shots. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the slow bounding ball has a diameter of 120 millimeters and a density of at least 72 kg/m 3 . 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the hand covering comprises a palm covering, a wrist strap coupled to a bottom end of the palm covering, and one or more finger loops coupled to a top end of the palm covering. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the hand covering has 4 finger loops, each of the 4 finger loops being worn on a different finger of a player's hand. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein a player uses a hand covering on each hand to make forehand shots with the slow bouncing ball. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the service areas are 20 feet long from the net to an end line and are 10 feet wide from a center line adjoining the first service area to a second service area to a sideline of the court.