Four square

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Four square

The layout of a four square court.
Players	4
Setup time	30 seconds
Skills	Manual dexterity Strategy Social skills

Four square^[1] (also called handball, champ, four squares or box ball) is a global sport played on a square court divided by two perpendicular lines into four identical boxes creating four squares labelled 1–4 or A–D.^[2]

Four square is a popular game at elementary schools with little required equipment, almost no setup, and short rounds of play that can be ended at any time. The game also has a large following for adults in many communities.