Tamburello
ball games | |
Equipment | tambourines and balls |
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Venue | outdoor and indoor |
Presence | |
Country or region | Europe, Asia, America |
Tamburello, named Tambass in
Tamburello and its variations remain popular today in many nations of the world.
Forms
Open
This form is played at professional level in Italy where there are two varieties: the first kind taking place in a specialised sports venue called a
Indoor
Tamburello Indoor is practiced in an enclosed space such as a sports hall or a school gym on a small field and each team has maximum 8 players of which 3 simultaneously in the field. The ball in this case cannot be made of rubber, because too fast, and then using the tennis ball type depressurized. This is the tamburello's form more prevalent among the world: they play at least in 20 nations.
Tambeach
Tambeach is played on sand so players must hit the ball in flight before it contacts the ground. Players stand on a field which is 24x12 metres split in half by a net high 2.15 m. They play in this manner: one player versus other one or two players versus other two like beach tennis.
Tambutennis
In tambutennis two players regularly stand in each side on a court split in half by a net like tennis. The ball, used in this game, is made with terrycloth.
Tambourelli
Tambourelli is form which was started by Scottish players and it is similar to tambeach and badminton because they play with a shuttlecock.
Notes
- ^ Treccani encyclopedia: read section Il tamburello
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 388.
- ^ Pastimes and Players, By Robert Macgregor (Page 66). Chatto and Windus, Picadilly. 1881. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tamburello". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 388. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
Media related to Tamburello at Wikimedia Commons
- Italian tamburello supplier (in Italian)
- Catalan Tamburello Federation (in Catalan)