BruceD
Rookie
After holding the kids I coach back, from devising their OWN game to compete with, when using the wall I coach them with, I decided they needed some competition, since getting to the real courts that are too far for them to get to on their own, or are not allowed to, by cautious parents.
So, this is the game I came up with! It's NOT racquetball, nor handball or squash. It's not paddleball, either, using a regular tennis ball that I pu8ncture, to keep the rebound and bounce lower, so the player can hit with more power, too.
The dimentions are 25'x25', with a 'Net-line" on the wall that is 3'6" tall, like a regular tennis net, without the sag in the middle.
There is an "IN-Line" that is 3" from the wall, that the ball must croos before it bounces, to be "in play".
a "base-line that is 4' from the end, or 21'. we only have a 25' limit on our court because limitations in space. It could be totally open, if space allows.
The "service box's" are on either side of the "center-line", and are 5' from the "base-line". Play and scoring is just like regular tennis, starting with one player serving from the "deuce side" to hit the wall and land on the opposite side, inside the other sides "service box". Two serves are allowed. Sides are switched after each point. If the ball goes up onto the roof, it is OUT. Our roof is 2 stories high and yet, some players are still having trouble keeping the ball off of it!
I post scores of matches on my Facebook/guruhelp pages as well as a diagram of the court.
Here is it is:
So, this is the game I came up with! It's NOT racquetball, nor handball or squash. It's not paddleball, either, using a regular tennis ball that I pu8ncture, to keep the rebound and bounce lower, so the player can hit with more power, too.
The dimentions are 25'x25', with a 'Net-line" on the wall that is 3'6" tall, like a regular tennis net, without the sag in the middle.
There is an "IN-Line" that is 3" from the wall, that the ball must croos before it bounces, to be "in play".
a "base-line that is 4' from the end, or 21'. we only have a 25' limit on our court because limitations in space. It could be totally open, if space allows.
The "service box's" are on either side of the "center-line", and are 5' from the "base-line". Play and scoring is just like regular tennis, starting with one player serving from the "deuce side" to hit the wall and land on the opposite side, inside the other sides "service box". Two serves are allowed. Sides are switched after each point. If the ball goes up onto the roof, it is OUT. Our roof is 2 stories high and yet, some players are still having trouble keeping the ball off of it!
I post scores of matches on my Facebook/guruhelp pages as well as a diagram of the court.
Here is it is:
