a ban on bouncing a ball against/off the wall

[JACEK1]

Hello dear foum members!

Yesterday I made up my mind to visit a sea-side building that used to belong to the army. I reached the top floor and saw such an inscription: a ban on bouncing a wall against/off the wall.The inscription is in Polish, of course, but I would likie to ask you which version is good:

a ban on bouncing a ball against the wall

or

a ban on bouncing a ball off the wall

It is the act of deliberately throwing a ball against the wall.

Thank you.

I think version 1 applies.

 

[bodogeri]

I would go for the second option since I have never heard of "bounce something against something", it is quite odd. However, "bounce off" is a commonly used expression, though I have doubts whether they use it with ball.

 

[JACEK1]

It is a literal ball for children to play with.

 

[emsr2d2]

In the UK, the signs aren't usually so specific. They normally say "No ball games". If I had to specify the type of game, I would say "Bouncing balls off walls prohibited".

 

[HanibalII]

With your options, I would use 'against the wall'.

 

[JMurray]

not a teacher

A short note in response to bodogeri's post that might be helpful.
To bounce a ball against the wall, and to make a ball bounce off the wall, are both entirely normal English phrases.