Doubles

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For the West Indian food see Doubles (food).

• The term doubles as used in sports like tennis and badminton refers to games with two players on each side.
• Doubles conventionally offer a standardised method of breaking down stereotype gender divisions in sporting contests. Note the existence (in tennis, say) of men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
• Doubles or partnerships have unique psychological dynamics as they fit neither into standard team sports nor into individual sports categories. This offers particular challenges in coaching.
• Doubles also refers to a mode of play in the video game Dance Dance Revolution, where one player uses both sides of the machine to play. Though the technical term for this mode is "Double Play", the colloquial term among players is "doubles".
• Doubles is also used as a term in English Change Ringing, describing a ringing method rung on five church bells. Doubles is the most common group of methods rung in the United Kingdom, since 90% of parish churches with bell towers in the UK are fitted with only six bells.

• In baseball the terms doubles refers to a two-base hit.

• "Doubles" are a type of semi-trailer truck