touchtennis
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touchtennis is a modified version of 'tennis' played on a compact court with foam balls and shorter (21 inch) rackets.
History
touchtennis was created by Rashid Ahmad as a means of entertaining his young daughter in the back garden. It was developed to include a tour, complete with rankings, 4 major grand slams as well as masters 1000 events and other smaller tournaments that offer a lower value of rankings points.
Equipment
Rackets
The official touchtennis rackets must be no shorter than 20.8 inches and no longer than 21.5 inches. Most manufacturers "21 inch" rackets fall within this variation despite being labelled as 21 inches in length. The rackets head size may be no greater than 107 square inches.
Balls
Special foam balls have been developed to withstand heavy hitting. The official ball of touchtennis is 8 cm in diameter and made from cut foam. The official ball has the touchtennis trademarked logo on it. https://www.touchtennis.com/gb/the-official-touchtennis-ball-1893.php
Court
The dimensions of an official touchtennis court are 12 m × 5 m for singles and 12 m × 6 m for doubles. However, variances of up to a metre are tolerated on all lines in order to make the game more accessible and varied. Mini red/10 and under tennis dimensions are perfectly suitable.
External links
- touchtennis website touchtennis.