[EricH]

Originally Posted by Xenozero

Ok, I know that this may be a silly question, but as we all know, if you grab a ball from the ground theres always a chance of missing, in terms of the game, is it possible to actually move backwards at all?, according to the rules you supposedly may move freely between a quadrant and may not go back to another quadrant after you crossed a marker and/or finish line. But most of the rules stress the general movement of counter clockwise movement ALL the time.
Can anyone clarify this, your help is much appreciated.

PROVIDED that you do not break the plane of a line, you can move anywhere you like. However, once you break the plane of the line ahead of you, you might want to keep going.