Tamburello
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Tamburello (called in Piedmont Tambass) is a court game invented in the northern provinces of Italy during 16th century. It's a modification of the ancient game of pallone col bracciale. Nowadays various forms of tamburello are popular in many nations of the world.
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[edit] Forms
[edit] Tamburello open
This form is played at professional level in Italy where they play two kinds of this game: it's played in particular sports venue called sphaeristerium, or in Italian language sferisterio, with a lateral wall which permits rebound of ball and it's played in open playing field without lateral wall. A fullsized tamburello court, which need not be as true and even as that for pallone, is 90 to 100 yards long and half as wide, divided laterally through the middle by a line (cordino) into two equal spaces, the battuta and the rimessa. Five players regularly form a side, each carrying in one hand an implement called tamburello, resembling a tambourine (whence the name), which is a round frame of wood upon which is tightly stretched a cover of horse-hide. A rubber ball about the size of a tennis ball is used. One of the players opens the service (battuta), which is made from a small square called the trampolino, situated at one corner of the battuta but outside the court. The service must be over the middle line. The ball must then be hit from side to side over the line, the side failing to return it or sending it out of court losing a point. The game is scored like lawn tennis, four points constituting a game, counting 15+15+10+10.
[edit] Tamburello indoor
Three players regularly form a side in indoor shorted courts.
[edit] Tambutennis
Two players regularly form a side in courts divided by a net (device) like tennis.
[edit] Tambeach
One or two players regularly form a side on beach courts divided by a net like beach tennis.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] External links
(Italian)Italian manufacturer of tambourines
