Basque pelota a rebot. The mur a gauche is 36 meters long, 10 meters wide and 10 meters high. The Jai-Alai court has the same layout as the mur a gauche but instead of being 36 meters long it is 54 meters long. The basic principle in hand-pelota is that there are two teams of two players each. The team to serve bounces the ball, then propels it towards the playing area of the narrow, front wall where it has to rebound between the low line demarcating the low off-area and the high line demarcating the high off-area. The ball may either
Basque Pelota World Championships Basque Pelota World Championships The Basque Pelota World Championships is a quadrennial tournament first organized in 1952 by the International Federation of Basque Pelota. The modern championships crowns the best amateur players in fifteen different playing categories. The first edition of the tournament was organized in 1952, and until 1958 was played every three years. The tournament has occurred every four years since then. No third place titles were awarded during the first five editions of the tournament. Additionally, the number of disciplines disputed at each tournament has varied depending on the edition, and has even included disciplines played on