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Fives

Fives is a British hand-wallball umbrella context with variants such as Rugby Fives and Eton Fives. It is played with a ball and padded gloves against specialist walls.

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Classification

Category Racket sport

Family Racket Family

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Hand wall game with ball, gloves and variant-specific court.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like wallball, reaction, angles and doubles play without rackets.

Cost Medium: access to a court matters more than expensive gear. Club/school/university fee, gloves, ball and possible event entry. Rugby Fives Association, Eton Fives Association, school/university or local fives club. Clarify variant before starting: Eton Fives and Rugby Fives have different courts.

First progress First rallies quickly; court angles and tactics take time.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

fives court
fives ball
padded gloves
sports shoes
variant rules

First steps

have court explained
fit gloves
practise serve
play slow rallies
choose variant

Fives club, school/university with court, Rugby Fives Association or Eton Fives Association.

Use hand protection, warm up, mind wall spacing and control hitting force.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Rugby Fives, Eton Fives umbrella

Tags indoor, team, individual, einzeln, fives, handball, wall-game, gloves

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Play the ball against the walls so the opposition cannot make a legal return.

Teilnehmer

Singles or doubles by variant; Eton Fives is usually doubles.

Teamgröße

Singles or doubles.

Spielfeld

Variant-specific fives court with front and side walls.

Dauer

Games/sets by variant and event.

Wertung

Points/games under Rugby/Eton Fives rules.

Gewinnbedingung

More games/sets or target points by competition.

Ausrüstung

fives ball
gloves
specialist court

Wichtige Regelpunkte

out
double bounce
wrong serve
interference

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Rugby Fives Association / Eton Fives Association (RFA/EFA)

What is Fives? Rugby Fives Association · federation · high
Laws of the Game Eton Fives Association · rulebook · high
Open Fives Night Cambridge University Sport · club-guide · medium