Basque pelota

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Pelota in Spanish, pilota in Basque and Catalan, or pelote in French (from Latin pila) is a name for several court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, or a wooden bat (pala), against a wall (frontón in Spanish, frontoi in Basque, frontó in Catalan) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net. Their roots can be traced to the Greek and other ancient cultures, but in Europe they all come from real tennis (see Jeu de paume‎ ). Today, Basque Pelota is widely played in several countries: in Spain and France, specially in the Basque Country and its neighbour areas.

[change] Other modalities

• Gaelic handball
• Valencian pilota
• Valencian frontó

[change] Other websites

• International Federation of Basque Pelota
• http://www.manista.com/
• "The History of Basque Pelota in the Americas" by Carmelo Urza
• Pelota vasca in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia, with sections on the game and history.
• 1959's film Thunder in the Sun in IMDb