Cornhole Rules

How to play cornhole

Larn how to play cornhole with the official rules and regulations ready forth by the American Cornhole Clan, the Original and Official Governing Body of Cornhole since 2003.

What you'll need

Detect the perfect spot to play (your lawn or a parking lot volition do). And so, you'll need 2 cornhole boards and ii sets (of dissimilar designs or colors) of four cornhole bags.

aca regulations and standards

Cornhole boards

Lath Top Dimensions: 23½–24-in x 47½–48-in
Board Top Thickness: ½–⅝-in
Forepart Continuing Pinnacle: iii–4-in
Rear Standing Height: 12-in
Hole Bore: six-in
Meridian of Lath to Pigsty: 9-in
Sides of Board to Hole: 12-in

Aca regulations and standards

cornhole bags

Bag Dimensions: 6-in ten half dozen-in
Bag Thickness: one-in
Weight: 14–16-oz
Filling: ii cups of corn or resin pellets

Grab some players

Cornhole can be played with two or four players. Thespian one VS. Role player 2 or Team 1 VS. Team 2

Flip a coin

Determine which actor or team throws first by flipping a coin. HINT: It's better to accept the final toss during a round.

Toss Bags

Throw your bag (underhand) at the opposite board. Alternate throws with the player next to you.

Score Points

1 Signal for each bag that lands on top of the board.
3 POINTS for each bag that is tossed through or knocked into the pigsty.

tally the score

Tally points after all (8) bags have been thrown per inning by using the cancellation method.
Total = YOUR POINTS - OPPONENT'S POINTS

Win the game

The game is over when a Histrion or Team reaches (or exceeds) 21 POINTS.

The Gear

The following dimensions and measurements will serve to make up one's mind standards and specifications for cornhole boards.

Each cornhole board shall be 47½ to 48 inches in length and 23½ to 24 inches wide, made of shine plywood that measures at least ½-inch in thickness. ACA sanctioned cornhole tournaments should only exist played with wooden cornhole boards, as in that location is significant variance in play between wooden, plastic, and other surfaces.

• The pigsty in each cornhole board shall be 6 inches in diameter. Its center shall exist 9 inches from the top and 12 inches from each side of the board edges.
• The forepart of the cornhole board shall be 3-4 inches from bottom to height.
• The back of the cornhole board shall be approximately 12 inches from footing to the highest signal of the deck.
• The lath finish shall be sanded to a very smoothen texture, and in that location shall non exist whatever blemishes in the forest surface that might disrupt or distort play.
• The board tin can exist painted with a semi-gloss exterior latex paint resulting in a surface that allows numberless to slide, but is not then slippery that it allows the bags to slide back downwards the board.

The following dimensions and measurements will serve to decide standards and specifications for cornhole numberless.

The cornhole bags shall be made from two material squares six¼" 10 6¼" with a ¼-inch stitched seam on all 4 sides. Bags should exist made from durable cloth.

Each bag shall exist filled with approximately two cups of feed corn and finished bags should be roughly 6 foursquare inches and weigh 14-16 ounces. ACA will allow the use of plastic pellets (All Weather Cornhole Bags) in lieu of feed corn. ACA offers both Corn-Filled and All Weather condition cornhole numberless.

The Court

The post-obit dimensions and measurements will serve to determine how far apart to place cornhole boards as well equally positioning of players during game play.

Dimensions

A cornhole court shall be a level rectangular area 8-ten feet wide and a minimum of 40-45 feet long. The court should consist of two cornhole boards, designated pitcher'southward boxes, and foul lines

Pitchers' Box

The pitcher'south box is the rectangle four feet by 3 feet at each end of the court, parallel with, and on both sides of the boards. Each player must remain in the pitcher's box while pitching a cornhole bag.

Foul Lines

At that place are two sets of foul lines: open adult-play and junior-play for children 12 and nether. The developed foul lines shall exist defined every bit an imaginary line 27 anxiety betwixt the front of each board. The inferior-play foul lines are divers as an imaginary line 12-15 feet between the front of each board. The foul line should be parallel to the front of the reverse lath to come across ACA guidelines.

The Play

Every lucifer is broken downwards into innings of play. During an inning of play, each role player must pitch all four of his/her numberless. An inning is never completed until all players pitch all iv of his/her bags.

Singles Cornhole Matches

Two unmarried players compete against one another until a unmarried winner is determined.

• Both players stay in their designated lane for thewhole game.
• Players start the game at the headboard and volition alternate pitching bags until each histrion has pitched all 4 ofhis/her bags.
• Players so walk to the cease of their lane to theother court, take score, and resume pitching back to theother board.
• The top of an inning is completed when the first actor pitches all four numberless; the bottom of the inning is completed when the remaining player pitches all four numberless.

Doubles Cornhole Matches

Two teams, consisting of 2 players, compete against one another until a winning team is determined.

• Each team will stay in their designated lane for the whole game.
• Players at the headboard will alternate pitching bagsuntil each histrion has pitched all iv of his/her bags.
• Players at the footboard will accept score and resume pitching dorsum to the other board.
• The top of an inning is completed when both players pitching from the headboard pitch all four bags; the bottomof the inning is completed when the remaining players pitching from the footboard pitch all four bags.

The canonical method of scoring for the sport of cornhole is "cancellation" scoring. In counterfoil scoring, the points of i role player cancel out the points of their opponent. Using this method, just one player/team can score in each inning.

Pocketbook In-The-Count (Woody) : Whatsoever bag which comes to rest anywhere on top of the lath. Each is worth one (ane) point.

Pocketbook In-The-Hole (Cornhole) : Whatsoever bag which is thrown through the hole or knocked through the hole by another bag. Each is worth iii (3) points.

Foul Bag: Refers to any handbag that has non been adamant as Bag In-The-Count or Bag In-The Hole or was designated a foul handbag equally the upshot of rules violation

The player or team who scored in the preceding inning has honor pitching first in the adjacent inning. If neither thespian or squad scores, the actor or squad who pitched first in the preceding frame shall retain first pitch in the adjacent frame.

• The pitcher must be within the pitcher's box or backside the foul line at the time of release.
• A thespian must pitch all four bags from their designated pitcher's box.
• Players must pitch the bag with an under-manus release.

The following are rule violations that must be spotted and called by a actor or assigned judge. The penalty is to declare the bag a foul bag, which requires the bags to be removed from the courtroom prior to resuming play.

• Whatever bag pitched when the histrion has made contact with or crossed over the foul line.
• Whatever bag pitched when the player has started or stepped completely outside the bullpen's box before the handbag is released.
• Any purse not delivered within the 20-second fourth dimension limit.
• A bag pitched from a unlike pitcher's box than the first bag.
• Any bag that contacted the court or the ground earlier coming to remainder on the lath.
• Whatever bag that struck a previously defined object such as a tree limb, wire, indoor court ceiling, etc.
• Any purse removed from the lath before scoring has been agreed upon for that bag.
- The offending team (who touches the bags) forfeits all remaining bags and tallies the score of merely the numberless thrown before the foul was reported.
- The non-offending team tallies twelve (12) points as if they had thrown four Handbag In-The-Holes (Cornholes) during the inning.
• A bag that leaves a actor'south manus once the final forward swing of the commitment process has started shall count as a pitched handbag.
• A purse that is accidentally dropped by a actor before the final forwards swing has started shall non be considered foul and may exist picked upwardly and pitched.

Protests – If a histrion desires to make a protest, the protest shall be made to the judge or official at the time the problem occurs. The approximate shall brand the final ruling on all protests.

Traditional 21
The game shall be played to the predetermined number of xx-one points. The first player/team to reach (or exceed) that corporeality at the decision of an inning is the winner.

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