- Tamburello
Tamburello (called in
Piedmont Tambass) is acourt game invented in the northern provinces ofItaly during16th century . It's a modification of the ancient game ofpallone col bracciale . Nowadays various forms of tamburello are popular in many nations of the world.Forms
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 atambourine (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 atennis 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 likelawn tennis , four points constituting a game, counting 15+15+10+10.Tamburello indoor
Three players regularly form a side in indoor shorted courts.
Tambutennis
Two players regularly form a side in courts divided by a
net (device) like tennis.Tambeach
One or two players regularly form a side on beach courts divided by a net like
beach tennis .References
*1911
External links
it [http://www.giacopuzzi.net/prodotti/classic/index.htm Italian manufacturer of tambourines]
Video
* [http://www.gardanetwork.tv/tamburello/demo_2007/open.html Open or 5 players a side]
* [http://www.gardanetwork.tv/tamburello/demo_2007/indoor.html Indoor or 3 players a side]
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