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Frescobol

Frescobol is a Brazil-rooted beach paddle game in which partners cooperatively build long rallies with wooden/paddle rackets and a ball. National/association and international practice sources document partner format, distance/time logic and judging models; because international rules and organisation are fragmented, the entry remains catalog-sourced.

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Classification

Category Racket sport
Family Racket Sport
Level Discipline

Weitere Angaben

Tags beach, paddle, rally, cooperative, brazil, frescobol, racket-sport, beach-paddle-rally

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

With a partner, keep controlled, long and technically high-quality rallies without dropping the ball.

Teilnehmer

Usually pair format; competitions may separate by pair, gender, technique/rally scoring and local categories.

Teamgröße

Usually pair format; competitions may separate by pair, gender, technique/rally scoring and local categories.

Spielfeld

Beach or open sand area with enough distance between players, safety spacing for bystanders and weather-dependent wind/visibility checks.

Dauer

Duration depends on set, timed, tournament or local rules.

Wertung

Depending on association/event, scoring may use rally count, time window, technique, attack/defence balance or judges.

Gewinnbedingung

Achieve the best combined rally/technique/judging score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

Frescobol paddles, ball, beach/sand area, spacing zones and optional judging/timing system.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

  • ball or implement out
  • net/zone fault
  • wrong contact sequence
  • unsafe or local-rule violation

Regelquellen

Federations and sources