Basque pelota of the pelotaris who are capable of reaching balls considered impossible for pelotaris of other specialties. It is also traditionally strong in South American countries. It is a modern Mexican fusion between tennis and Basque pelota. It uses tennis rackets in a short court, although the ball has a different surface to the tennis one. Men and women both play this game. It is played only in 30 meter courts. Professional competitions and exhibitions in the Basque Country are organized by Asegarce and ASPE for the discipline of handball, Orriamendi for Remonte, Inpala for Pala Larga. Various tournaments exist for
Basque rural sports frontenis), Florida and the Philippines. As such it has been an Olympic exhibition sport in Paris, Mexico and Barcelona. It is called "pelota vasca" in Spanish and "pelote basque" in French. Basque arm wrestling follows broadly the same rules as anywhere else. A form of bull-leaping called "errekorteak" in Basque and "recortes" in Spanish, is practiced in parts of the Basque Country, especially Navarre. The name of this sport literally translates as "snout rope" ("soka" "rope" and "mutur" "snout"). It is "vaquillas" ("calves") in Spanish. It derives from a tradition where cattle destined for slaughter were led through the town