Basque pelota be played so it rebounds directly off the front wall onto the playing floor or onto the long side wall first. The opposing team may either play the ball immediately after rebounding from the front wall or side wall without rebounding from the playing floor or after having rebounded from the playing floor once. A team scores by: A team may also score by the opposing team: The ball used to play pelota is called "pilota" in Basque, "pelote" in French, and "pelota" in Spanish. There are different sizes, different weights and different materials for each discipline that is played.
Bare-handed Pelota First League 2nd Hand-Pelota champion is allowed to participate in the next edition of 1st Hand-Pelota. Bare-handed Pelota First League The Bare-handed Pelota First League ("Campeonato Manomanista") is the most important tournament competition of Hand-pelota category of Basque pelota. It was created in 1940, when the new Basque Pelota Spanish Federation, to have a champion of the category. In its beginnings, the championship was disputed every two years, turning into an annual tournament since 1950. The first champion was Atano III. Retegi II, holds the title of most wins with 11, 9 consecutives. Until 1995 the competition system was "stair", the winner