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Extractions: REFERENCE LINKS PRINT EMAIL Jai alai Jai alai, HY ly, is a fast and dangerous game that resembles handball. The sport is also called pelota. Players use a narrow wicker basket to throw a hard ball against the front wall of a court. The basket, called a cesta, measures about 2 feet (60 centimeters) long. One end has a glove that fits the player's hand. The other end is used for catching and throwing the ball. The ball, called a pelota, is slightly smaller than a baseball. Related Topics: Lloyd, Clive (1944-...), a Guyanese cricketer, was captain of the West Indies cricket team 74 times, achieving 36 victories. Both these feats are... Volleyball is a game in which the players hit a ball back and forth across a net with their hands, arms, or feet. It is one of the world's most... Lonsdale, Lord
In Basque Country, Coming Home To Jai Alai - New York Times
In the Basque country, the sport of jai alai is still played with the ferocity that lends credence to its nickname ballet with bullets.
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Definition Of Jai Alai - Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary
Main Entry jai alai Pronunciation primarystress h imacr secondarystress l imacr , secondarystress h imacr - schwa - primarystress l imacr Function noun
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Extractions: Login/Register Neighborhoods Restaurants Hotels ... Activities Jai Alai Auto Racing Baseball Basketball Biking ... Windsurfing Built in 1926, the Miami Jai Alai Fronton , a mile east of the airport, is America's oldest fronton. It presents 13 games (14 on Friday and Saturday) daily except Tuesday some singles, some doubles. This game, invented in the Basque region of northern Spain, is the world's fastest. Jai alai balls, called pelotas, have been clocked at speeds exceeding 170 mph. The game is played in a 176-foot-long court, and players literally climb the walls to catch the ball in a cesta (a woven basket), which has an attached glove. Either place your wager on the team you think will win or on the order in which you think the teams will finish. 3500 N.W. 37th Ave. Downtown Miami www.miami-jai-alai.com General admission $1, reserved seats $2, Courtview Club $5 Mon. and Wed.-Sat noon-5; Mon, Fri., and Sat. 7-midnight, Sun. 1-6 adsonar_placementId=1328266;adsonar_pid=533757;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=430;adsonar_zh=260;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com';
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Jai Alai - Britannica Concise
jai alai ball game of Basque origin played in a three-walled court with a hard rubber ball that is caught and thrown with a cesta, a long, curved wicker
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Extractions: Court game resembling handball Of Basque origin, it developed from pelota and was given its present name when it was imported to Cuba in 1900. It is played between two or four players with a ball and a hurling device consisting of a long, curved wicker basket strapped to the wrist. The use of this hurling device, called a cesta, allows the ball to reach speeds up to 240 km/hr (150 mph). The court, 53.3 m (58.3 yards) long, is three-walled. The object of the game is to bounce the ball off the front wall with such speed and spin that the opponent is unable to return it. Pari-mutuel betting on jai alai is permitted in the U.S. document.writeln(AAMB2); Images and Media: More on "jai alai" from Britannica Concise gambling - Betting or staking of something of value on the outcome of a game or event. pari-mutuel - Betting pool in which those who bet on competitors finishing in the first three places share the total amount bet minus a percentage for the management. pelota - (Spanish: "little ball") Any of several games in which players take turns, using a glove or implement, hitting a rubber ball either directly at one another or off a wall.
The Chronicle Of Higher Education
The sport of jai alai might not have a wide following, but its complex scoring system has interesting mathematical properties that just beg the technogeek
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When jai alai was introduced here 19 years ago, this obscure sport, billed as the world s fastest ball game, was touted as a glamorous evening s
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Speed Of The Fastest Jai Alai Ball
jai alai means a jolly feast in Basque. It was believed that the game of jai alai originated from Central America and was later brought to Spain by the
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Extractions: Result Fortin, Francois. Sports-The Complete Visual Reference . Firefly Books Ltd., 2000: 298. "When it leaves the cesta, the ball can reach speeds of 300 km/h." 83 m/s The World Book Encyclopedia . Volume 11: J-K. World Book Inc., 2001: 21. "The ball often travels 150 miles (241 kilometers) an hour and can injure or even kill a player." 67 m/s Guinness Sports Record Book 1990-91 . Sterling Publishing Co., 1990: 133. "An electronically measured ball velocity of 188 mph was recorded by Jose Ramon Arieto at the Newport Jai Alai, RI, on Aug 3, 1979." 84 m/s Diagram Group. The Sports Fan's Ultimate Book of Sports Comparison . Diagram Visual Information LTD, 1982 "Jai alai is the fastest of all court games: service speeds of 188 mph have been recorded. A jai alai ball going this speed in 1927 would have beaten Lindberg across the Atlantic by 14.25 hours." 84 m/s Sifakis, Carl.
Jai Alai
jai alai is a type of handball for one or two players in which a curved wicker basket, or cesta, is used to return a hard rubber ball against one or three
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Extractions: Web Buzzle.com Home World News Latest Articles Escape Hatch ... Jai Alai Jai alai is a type of handball for one or two players in which a curved wicker basket, or cesta, is used to return a hard rubber ball against one or three walls of an enclosed court, or fronton, which is much larger than a normal handball court. Jai alai originated from either the Aztecs or a Basque form of handball. The final version of the game was refined in Spain and then brought to Cuba and eventually Miami. Jai alai is most popular in the cities of Havana, Mexico City, and Miami, Florida. This section focuses on jai alai.

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