own national governing bodies. In France, the Fédération Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FFPJP) has over 300,000 licensed members. There are strong...

the ancient jeu de paume (jeu de paume au gant), ca. 1700. While the game evolved to the modern jeu de paume (with racquet, called real tennis in England)...

obsolete as a tennis court surface. Since then a multitude of other "fast-dry" and synthetic clay surfaces have been developed. Courts surfaced with these...

Fives Eton fives Rugby fives Frisian handball Four square Gaelic handball Jeu de paume Longue paume Palla Pallone Patball Roundnet Valencian pilota Llargues...

a ball game that is related to many sports derived from and similar to Jeu de paume. It is played in the Handball International Championships by teams...

Martiaux. The Accor Arena is the main venue for the Paris Masters ATP Tour tennis tournament, and hosts the annual LNB All-Star Game basketball event and...

goalkeeper is also allowed to wear elbow pads because the surface is about as hard as a tennis court or basketball court. Jewellery is not allowed, nor...

surfaces. It is this characteristic that has made them the surface of choice for international and national league competitions. Water-based surfaces...

evolved. The club aimed to create a simple code suited to the hard playing surfaces around Melbourne, and to eliminate the roughest aspects of English school...

Germany into Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, with playing surfaces made of cinders or baked clay. In 1455, lawn bowling lanes in London were...

is a sport that is played in a 30 meter pelota court using racquets (a tennis racquet or a similar frontenis racquet) and rubber balls. It can be played...

specific bat-and-ball games category), golf, hockey, tennis, squash, badminton and table tennis. In cricket's case, a key difference is the existence...

or in-line), using either a ball or puck designed for play on flat, dry surfaces. The object of every game is to score more goals than the opposing team...

"brandbal" (burning ball) is played with a tennis ball inside a designated area such as a rugby field or tennis court. The objective is for the person in...

it was generally played on muddy surfaces in the past, but today is often professionally played on matted surfaces. This transition has altered the game...

The balls themselves are made of leather and are slightly larger than a tennis ball, weighing approximately 275 grams (9.7 ounces) and measuring around...

metres long. The game has since been adapted to be played in parks. The surfaces are very diverse and they have included snow, such as played by Latin students...

Court Surfaces?". Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016. "What Are the Different Types of Basketball Court Surfaces?". LIVESTRONG...

game of "pila" emerged, and during the Middle Ages it became known as "jeu de paume". Basque handball is a derivative of this game. Andrea Navajero, a...

played in the 13th century. The game is played on grass, although other surfaces are sometimes used. Matches are held either until one player gets to a...

January 2024. "Festival du Jeu de Société de Pau". Retrieved 14 April 2014. "Bienvenue sur le site de Shock of Street, association de Parkour à Pau" [Welcome...

beaches. Ball hockey is played in a gym using sticks and a ball, often a tennis ball with the felt removed. Box hockey is a schoolyard game played by two...

BÉPO since 2003. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville earliest sound recording device. Jeu de paume, precursor of tennis, in the 12th century. The first autonomous...

helped to formalize the sport, which had traditionally been played on muddy surfaces in villages, for legitimate international competition. The first framework...

at the 2018 Kidscreen Awards and Best Youth Programme at Lauriers de la Radio et de la Télévision 2018. This is a list of episodes of the series, with...

Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with...

avaient assez de jeu pour offrir aux fureurs des vagues cette courbure étudiée par un ingénieur, feu Cachin, l'immortel créateur du port de Cherbourg {{citation}}:...

posts, supporting a horizontal crossbar. A goal line marked on the playing surface between the goal posts demarcates the goal area. Thus, the objective is...

2011). "Tennis: et au 7e jeu, la partie tourna". Slate (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2013. "United States Fed Cup team". International Tennis Federation...

related to ice hockey, except the game is played on foot on a non-ice surface, player equipment is different, and an orange ball is used instead of a...