1. The goal of the game is to score 15 points, defending one's own half of the court, and pitching the ring - from one's own half of the court or from outside but within the limits of the centre line - above the ringo line - so that it falls on the opponent's half. If the opponent equalizes at 14:14, the aim is to become two points ahead. From 14:14 score - serve is changed after each point. When the score is 16-16, the 17th point wins the game.

2. Each party scores a point for every error committed by the oppnent party.

3. Ringo is played with a hollow rubber ring with a decompression vent, riffled on top and bottom surfaces, with an external diameter of 17 cm (registered design) and a weight of 160-165 grammes. It is stable in flight and does not cause finger injuries to children or adults.

4. The team ringo (doubles and triples) is played on court 9 m wide by 18 m long (as the standard volleyball court is). The ringo line (i.e. a rope or a tape) at least 1 cm wide, with colorful ribbons at least 25 cm long attached to it every 20 cm, is attached at the height of 243 cm.

5. The proportions of the court for the game of singles depend on the player's age (category). They are as follows:

6. Categories 17 (schoolgirls' doubles) and 18 (schoolboys' doubles) embrace youth no older than 15.

7. Players from 16 years fall into category 19 (women's doubles), 20 (men's doubles) or 21 (mixed triples).

8. Category 22 (family triples I) embraces children under 16 and parents of any age, who play one or two rings; category 23 (family triples II) - children of 16 years of age or older and parents of any age, who play two rings; category 24 - discretionary triples in wheelchairs and category 25 - discretionary triples of mentaly disabled who play one or two rings according to separate rules; category 26 - women's family triples (mother, doughter and granddaughter) and category 27 - men's family triples (father, son and grandson) who play one or two rings.

9. Category 28 of mixed schoolchildren's triples (under 16 years of age) who play two rings; category 29 - mixed school doubles under 16 years of age; and category 30 - mixed doubles starting from 16 years of age.

10. Disregarding the weather, ringo is played outside, on a portable ringo court designed and patented by Wtodzimierz Strzyzewski. It can be played indoors on the volleyball court, using the ringo lines. The court's surface rfiust be safe, the court lines should be painted in a colour contrasting with the surface.

11. The centre line called "the border of Peace" must not be violated on the ground or in the air - un^der penalty of a loss of a point.

12. Depending on the standard, the ringo game may be refereed by one person or by the head referee and two court referees. The head referee takes decisions and determines the final score.

13. At the start of a match players draw lots for choice of the field.

14. Play is started with serve from beyond the end line but within the boundaries of the side line. The trespassing of the end or side line during serve causes a loss of a point.

15. The ring may be served on the head referee's command. He makes sure that the two teams are ready and then raises his arm. He either commands a START or blows a whistle and lowers his arm.

16. If in a team game, after the command to START, one of the rings reached the centre line, whereas the other team did not pitch their ring yet, the latter loses a point.

17. Captain serves first. In the matches of singles,the serving player is changed every 3 points, in a game where two rings are played -every 5 or 5+1 points, in a regular sequence.

18. When two rings are played, a fall of any of them (an error) causes a loss of a point. The ring that fell on the surface must remain there until the play with the other ring ended.

19. If in the game of singles, after serve, the ringo ring touches the ringo line (net) and falls into the opponents half of the court, serve is repeated with no loss of a point. Another successive "net", however, involves a loss of a point already. In the game of doubles, the "net" by one of the rings does not interrupt the play with the other ring or cause a loss of a point, irrespective of the number of successive "nets."

20. If during serve or exchange of pitches, the rings collide, punished with a loss of a point is this team on whose half of the court the ring fell or this team whose ring fell outside the court. If the referee did not notice whose ring fell outside, no team scores a point.

21. The ring should fly more or less parallel to the surface or with its circumference facing the opponent's half of the court. In no moment of its flight, may the ring remain in the vertical position. The united command "VERTICAL" by the head referee and the relevant court referee (linesman) interrupts the game. The erring side

37. The receiving party may change his/her grasp of the ring as long as the ring touches hand.

38. Players take whichever position they want in their half of the court. Everyone pitches for himself or herself, without serving the ring to partners. A deliberate tossing of the ring under the pretence of dropping it causes a loss of a point. The ring may be caught and pitched also from outside the court, but then the ring must pass over the ringo line, within the boundaries of the centre line set up for a given category (6, 7, 8 or 9 m). Failure to obey this condition causes a loss of a point.

39. When catching the ring on the spot, the catcher may make a step forward and take one foot off the ground. He/she must not set this foot on the ground again until he/she returns the ring. In any other situation, the catcher may only take a foot off the ground and must not set it again until he/she returns the ring.

40. When leaping towards the opponent's half of the court, the player may land on both his/her feet or on one, and set the other foot before the first one. When landing on both feet, the player may take one foot off the ground, but may not set it again until he/she returns the ring. If he/she lands on one foot only, the other one may be set in front, but before the pitch this foot must be moved behind. Then, any foot may be taken on the ground but must not be set back until the ring is returned.

41. Once the catcher touched the ring, he/she must not gain speed or get deliberately closer to the opponent's half of the court under the pretence of "braking steps." Otherwise he/she loses a point. Only three actual braking steps towards the other half on of the court (4 contact of the feet with the ground) are allowed.

43. If the player catches the ring in the air, and lands on his/her back, he/she may rise to both his/her feet, and take one off before returning the ring. If the player lands with his/her face back to the centre line, when rising to his/her feet, he/she may turn towards the opponent's field, and take a foot off the ground when returning the ring.

44. To shuffle one's foot or feet after the last permitted foot movement was made- („suwanie") causes a los of a point.

45. Every time a point is scored, the head referee announces the result aloud and points out the winning team.

46. The players may voice their reservations only to the last result announced.

47. Ringo competitors are classified according to;

(1) the number of victories won;

(2) the result of a direct match between the players who scored the same number of victories;

(3) in case of three or more players (teams) with the same number of victories won, the bigger number of wins in matches between those interested, and if those are even - the difference of points scored and lost decides;

(4) if the difference of these points is nil, the difference of points scored decides;

(5) if the parties interested scored the same number of points, decides the better score of points won and lost at a given stage of the match (cup-tie, cup-final);

(6) if the difference of points is nil (Pt. 47.5), the bigger number of points scored in the entire cup decides;

(7) if even these are even, the repeat direct match between all the interested parties decides.