Pelota
Pelota (in Basque,
pilota) is a name for a variety of court
sports played with a
ball using one's hand, a
racket, a wooden bat (
pala), or a basket propulsor, against a
wall (
frontón in Spanish,
frontoi in Basque). They derive from
real tennis (see
Jeu de Paume) and are widely played among
Basques and their neighbours. To foreign spectators, it may appear as
squash in a larger court.
See also jai alai, frontenis, trinquete