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Best Outdoor Heavy And Durable Steel Portable Tetherball

Park and Sun Sports has a durable tetherball set for you, so that you can add a little piece of the playground to your backyard and have your very own tetherball court. Or how about playing tetherball at your next family gathering at the park? Park and Sun Sports introduces an innovative portable tetherball system that allows you to set-up on a grassy surface, with the Portable Tetherball set.

While often imitated, Park & Sun Sports is the industry leader in quality and innovation and has been ahead of the curve since its inception in 1984.

Series Comparison

 
2 piece steel tetherball setTP-158
3 piece steel tetherball set with yellow ballTP-SET
Classic 3 piece steel tetherball set with red white and blue ballTP-CLASSIC
Portable steel tetherball setPORTABLE TETHERBALL
Poles 1-1/2" 3-piece steel poles 1-1/2" 3-piece steel poles 1-1/2" 3-piece steel poles 1-1/4" 3-piece steel poles
Height Adjustment Telescopic poles with push-pin locking system, easily adjusts to men’s, women’s, and COED heights Steel swedged poles, with adjustable eyebolt for height adjusts to men’s, women’s, and COED heights Equipped with an innovative Flex-Net adjustable torque bar, adjustable to virtually any height, up-to men's 8' regulation Removable swedged pole for volleyball and badminton height
Net Regulation size 3'x32'
Original flipable sleeve net with 2" bindings
Regulation size 3'x32'
Original sleeve net with 2" bindings
Regulation size 3'x32'
Momentum net with 1-1/2" top net tape and slip-on straps
3’x24’ net with 2" mesh
with 1-1/2" top net tape
Net Colors Black sleeves, purple, and green net tapes Blue Blue Blue
Guylines 1/4" Rope with wishbone handles 3/16" Rope with Pull-down tension rings 3/16" Rope with Pull-down tension rings 3/16" Rope with
Boundary 3/16" Yellow poly rope 3/16" Yellow poly rope  
Stakes 8" 8" 8" 6"
Volleyball 18 panel, machine-stitched Soft Touch volleyball with a nylon-wound bladder 18 panel, machine-stitched Soft Touch volleyball with a nylon-wound bladder 18 panel, machine-stitched Soft Touch volleyball with a nylon-wound bladder Soft Touch volleyball, 4 badminton Rackets, & 3 Shuttlecocks
Equipment Bag 1800 denier with zipper and carrying handles 600 denier with zipper and carrying handles 600 denier with zipper and carrying handles 600 denier with zipper and carrying handles
Weight 12 lbs. 9 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs.
Price $99.99 $74.99 $74.99 $89.99
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Soft Touch Tetherball; No Pain, Better Game!

Yellow replacement tetherball
TETHERBALL

Soft-Touch - Yellow

Regulation sized, machine-stitched Soft Touch tetherball features a nylon-wound bladder, an inset valve stem and an internal steel swivel hook attachment which secures the ball to the cord.

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TETHERBALL

Soft-Touch - Red, White, & Blue

Regulation sized, machine-stitched Soft Touch tetherball features a nylon-wound bladder, an inset valve stem and an internal steel swivel hook attachment which secures the ball to the cord.

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Best Tetherball, red white and blue

The Park & Sun Sports Soft Touch tetherball makes for a great replacement to your old, worn-out rubber ball.

Basic Rules of Tetherball

Basic Rules of Tetherball - Court Layout

Court
The playing circle is 20-foot, with each player assigned to one-half of the circle.

Scoring
The game is over when one player wraps the tetherball all the way around the pole to the point that there is no more rope to wrap. Once this happens, the winning player is ahead one game to zero games. Tetherball players decide how many games a player needs to win to win the match. Typically the matches must be won by two games or more so that the order of serves doesn't determine who wins due to the receiver's advantage.

Serving
Players take turns serving each game. The server throws up the ball and hits it in the direction of the receiver. The ball can be served in either direction. Once the ball is served, the server can't hit it again until either the opponent touches the ball, or it has wrapped around the pole at least four times. Once either of these conditions is met, both players can hit the ball at any time that it's on their side.

Fouls
Players are not allowed to touch the pole or the rope at any point during a tetherball game. Crossing over the line that defines a player's territory is considered offsides. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and all strikes must bounce off the hands or forearms. The ball should never pause, or be "carried," in the hands. Touching the ball with anything other than the hands or forearms is illegal. Players are allowed to hit the ball only once per wrap around the pole unless the ball touches the pole itself, or the opponent.

Penalties
If any of these fouls is committed accidentally, the ball is wrapped around the pole at the exact position of the foul, and the person who did not commit the foul serves the ball back into play. An intentional foul results in forfeiture of that game. Should both players commit a foul at the same time, each puts a hand on the ball and holds it 3 feet out from the pole on the line that marks the territories. The ball is dropped, and after it contacts the pole, either player can play it.