Paddleball (sport)
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Paddle ball
is a one-person toy played with an attached ball and paddle.
Paddleball may also refer to:
Paddle ball
Paddle ball is a one-person game played with an attached ball and paddle. Using a flat paddle with a small rubber ball attached at the center via an elastic string, the player tries to hit the ball with the paddle in succession as many times as possible. The paddle is usually made from either...
is a one-person toy played with an attached ball and paddle.
Paddleball may also refer to:
- Beach tennisBeach tennisFor another sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Beach Tennis USA takes the fun and fast-paced sport of tennis and combines it with the sun, sea and sand of the beach....
, also known as "beach paddle ball" or "beach paddleball" - MatkotMatkotMatkot is a popular paddle ball game in Israel similar to beach tennis, often referred to as the country's national sport.Matkot is a non-competitive beach game in which two or more players hit a small ball back and forth using paddles...
, also known as "Beach paddleball" or "kadima" - One wall paddleballOne wall paddleballOne Wall Paddleball is an American ball game that consists in hitting a small rubber ball against a single wall by using paddles. It can be played in singles or in doubles . The general rule of the game is that the ball must hit the wall without touching the court floor more than once in order to...
- Four wall paddleballFour wall paddleballFour-wall paddleball, or simply "paddleball" is a popular court sport in the upper Midwest, particularly in Michigan and Wisconsin, on the West Coast of the U.S., particularly in Southern California, and in the Memphis, Tennessee, area...
- RacquetballRacquetballFor other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...
, which grew out of four wall paddleball and was originally called "paddle rackets"