Whilst waiting for the Mrs to finish her Dirt Divas mtb skills course I noticed behind the bar was an indoor court that looked like a squash court but 2 to 3 times the size. What sport is this? This was the sports centre attached to a really posh school and I'm not from a rich enough background to even know what the sport is, let alone play it!!!
Pelotte?
If it's "posh" school (or a pretentious one) it could be Fives - more likely than Pelotte probably.
surprised to see one at a school - that's a tournament dogging venue
should have 2-3 parking bays marked out, plus a free-standing area
judges sit pretty much where you were by the sound of things
Hand ball court?
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that's a tournament dogging venue
It's not Tournament unless there's plenty of bush cover.
If i the UK it was probably a Real Tennis court if in Spain then Perlotta as before.Real Tennis is the fore-runner to the normal version and courts are to be found attached to Public Schools and mainly in the Home Counties, if you think normal tennis is elitist.........
Rackets court ?
I went to a boarding school about 10 miles from Kendal in the early eighties and we had an outdoor Fives court, its a fun game and it certainly toughens your hands up. Sounds like one of them.
Muke wins. google images showed me pictures of what I'd seen. It was a Rackets court.
it's not Tournament unless there's plenty of bush cover.
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yep it's rackets (Stoner, went to a posh skool 😉 )
I think grays of cambridge are the only people to still make the rackets - theyre relatively heavy but the ball is made of cork wrapped in silk, and it's f***** fast. The ball travels exceptionally quickly - its the second fastest ball sport in the world.
We also had fives courts (both rugby and eton fives courts - different shapes) - really hurts your hands.
I would have thought the Rackets court was where they'd prepare the future bankers for a life in the city...:-).
Incidentally, what IS the fastest ball sport then? A discussing without google or wiki would be fun...but only because I'm on a mobile.
fastest is that south american thing with the slings ?
Fastest ball sport is Pelota.
Rackets is superb, as is Eton Fives. The Rugby variant less so.
Good question DD.
A Rodic serve is pretty damn fast. Does badminton count? Shuttle cocks go pretty damned quick as you hit it.
As flashy says - pelota is the fastest - frighteningly so
I'd heard it was pelota too. Isn't it also called jai alai or something like that? What about the speed of a golf ball when it leaves the tee after Tigger hits it?
Is Eton Fives just like handball?
I, of course, played the fastest [i]field[/i] sport for many years.
Fastest field sport, Darcy? Must be going after woodcock or snipe.
Damned fast birds!
Eton Fives is like squash, played with hands not racquets, against a crennellated court.
Still invented by a Windsor comnp, though! 😉