Tamburello
 Players on action | |
| Highestgoverning body | International Federation of Tamburello |
|---|---|
| First played | 16th century inItaly |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | none |
| Team members | 5 outdoor and 3 indoor |
| Mixed-sex | separate competitions |
| Type | ball games |
| Equipment | tambourines and balls |
| Venue | outdoor and indoor |
| Presence | |
| Country or region | Europe, Asia, America |
Tamburello,namedTambassinPiedmont,is acourt gameinvented in the northern provinces of Italy during the 16th century. [1]It is a modification of the ancient game ofpallone col bracciale,bearing the same general relation to it asSquashdoes toRacquets.[2]Tamburello is also similar in form totennis.[3]
Tamburello and its variations remain popular today in many nations of the world.
Forms[edit]
Open[edit]
This form is played at professional level in Italy where there are two varieties: the first kind taking place in a specialised sports venue called asphaeristerium(sferisterioinItalian), with a lateral wall which permits the ball to rebound; the second kind being played in an open playing field without a lateral wall. A full-sized tamburello court, which need not be as true and even as that for pallone, is 90 to 100 yards (82 to 91 m) long and half as wide, divided laterally through the middle by a line (cordino) into two equal spaces, thebattutaand therimessa.Five players regularly form a side, each carrying in one hand an implement called a tamburello, resembling atambourine(whence the name), which is a round frame of wood over which a cover of horsehide is tightly stretched. A rubber ball generally larger than atennis ballis used. One of the players opens the service (battuta), which begins from a small square called thetrampolino,situated at one corner of thebattutabut 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.[2]
Indoor[edit]
Tamburello Indooris practiced in an enclosed space such as a sports hall or a school gym on a small field and each team has maximum 8 players of which 3 simultaneously in the field. The ball in this case cannot be made of rubber, because too fast, and then using the tennis ball type depressurized. This is the tamburello's form more prevalent among the world: they play at least in 20 nations.
Tambeach[edit]
Tambeachis played on sand so players must hit the ball in flight before it contacts the ground. Players stand on a field which is 24x12 metres split in half by a net high 2.15 m. They play in this manner: one player versus other one or two players versus other two likebeach tennis.
Tambutennis[edit]
Intambutennistwo players regularly stand in each side on a court split in half by a net liketennis.The ball, used in this game, is made withterrycloth.
Tambourelli[edit]
Tambourelliis form which was started by Scottish players and it is similar to tambeach andbadmintonbecause they play with ashuttlecock.
Notes[edit]
- ^Treccani encyclopedia: read sectionIl tamburello
- ^abChisholm 1911,p. 388.
- ^Pastimes and Players, By Robert Macgregor (Page 66).Chatto and Windus, Picadilly. 1881.Retrieved21 December2019.
References[edit]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Tamburello".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 388.
External links[edit]
Media related toTamburelloat Wikimedia Commons
- Italian tamburello supplier(in Italian)
- Catalan Tamburello Federation(in Catalan)