Pelota mixteca other hand, has argued that "pelota mixteca" may instead be descended from a Franco-Flemish ancestor of real tennis, likely through intermediate games similar to the Basque pelota or Valencian pilota, and from there brought to New Spain and this would put the game's roots back 400 years ago. Pelota mixteca Pelota mixteca ("Mixtec-style ball") is a team sport similar to a net-less tennis game. The players wear sturdy, elaborately decorated gloves affixed to a heavy flat striking surface, using them to strike a small solid ball. The game has roots extending back hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of years. Today, the
Venancio García Venancio García Venancio Pérez García (22 April 1921 – 28 November 1994), known simply as Venancio, was a Spanish footballer who played mainly as a forward. From a poor family in Sestao, Biscay, started working at a young age in the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya factory. Tall and powerfully built, he played "pelota mano" (an offshoot of Basque pelota) in his youth, and only became a full-time professional footballer at the age of 24. Venancio started playing the sport as a hobby, whilst he was performing his military service in Vitoria-Gasteiz. After starting out at SD Erandio Club he signed