Table 2. Classifications of rules by various authors.

Source	Type of rule	Definition
Robles (1984)	Ontic	Essential aspects (space, time, subjects, competences, and procedures).
	Technical-conventional	Necessary requirements for carrying out the game action.
	Deontic	Non-permitted behaviors with the goal of monitoring the game.
Elias and Dunning (1986)	Fixed	Stable delimitation.
	Elastic	Game actions and the strategies to achieve the game objective.
Shogan (1988)	Regulatory	More efficient game administration and management.
	Constitutive	Characteristics of a game.
	Descriptive	Dimensions of the game space, size, and equipment size and shape.
	Prescriptive	Actions that the individuals can execute during the game.
	Proscriptive	Dangerous actions that the individuals cannot execute.
Hernández (1998)	Formal	Structural aspects of the game (game space, players, time, way of scoring, and materials).
	Functional	Development of the game action (way of using the equipment and the game space, participation of each player, relationship between teammates and opponents, and penalties for infractions).
	Quasi-moral	Actions of honorability during the game.
Drewe (2000)	Regulatory	Character of discipline.
	Constitutive	Nature of the game.
Navarro (2002)	Agreement	Informal, previous establishment with consent and agreement.
	Regulation	Conventional and obligatory character.
	Norm	Sanctioned layout that establishes the limits of the action.
Lagardera and Lavega (2003)	Ontic (descriptive)	Basic conditions so that the game is possible (space and time, equipment and objects, subjects and their competences).
	Deontic (norms)	Inappropriate behaviors and their sanctions.
	Prescriptive (of the game)	Necessary requirements to execute the action (obligations, rights, and prohibitions together).
Cudd (2007)	Constitutive	Permitted movements, how to achieve the goals of the game, and the sanctions for violations.
	About decency and fair play	Movements, strategies, and behaviors that are informally allowed.