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  2. Jai alai - Wikipedia

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    The sport once held the world record for ball speed with a 125–140 g ball covered with goatskin that traveled at 302 km/h (188 mph), performed by José Ramón Areitio at the Newport, Rhode Island Jai Alai, until it was broken by Canadian 5-time long drive champion Jason Zuback on a 2007 episode of Sport Science with a golf ball speed of 328 ...

  3. Basque pelota - Wikipedia

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    The ball is made out of a boxwood core from 20–36 mm (0.79–1.42 in) in diameter. This is wrapped in a latex wire (for Hand Pelota, Grand Chistera, Jai-Alai, and open-air Pala). The core of the ball is different for individual age groups so that the weight limit is respected.

  4. Pelota - Wikipedia

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    Pelota (Spanish for ball) can refer to the popular and shortened names for a number of ball games: Basque pelota; Chaza; Jai alai; Mesoamerican ballgame; Palla; Pelota mixteca; Valencian pilota; Frontenis; Pétanque; Racketlon; Pelota (boat), an improvised skin boat for crossing rivers.

  5. Basque Pelota World Championships - Wikipedia

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    Jai alai: Editions. Year Host City and Country Best Performing Nations Number of Participating Nations 1952: San Sebastián, Spain

  6. Pelota Mano Court, Trebonne - Wikipedia

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    The supreme version of the game is today "cesta-punta" and is played with a long, scooped wicker basket, a "chistera", on a fronton called a "jai-alai". [ 1 ] Besides the chistera, the game can be played with an assortment of equipment, for example, the bare hand, a wooden bat or a wooden-framed strung racket called a "xare".

  7. Havana Jai alai - Wikipedia

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    The sport once held the world record for ball speed with a 125–140 g ball covered with goatskin that traveled at 302 km/h (188 mph), performed by José Ramón Areitio at the Newport, Rhode Island Jai Alai, until it was broken by Canadian 5-time long drive champion Jason Zuback on a 2007 episode of Sport Science with a golf ball speed of 328 ...

  8. Whirlyball - Wikipedia

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    Whirlyball is a team sport that combines elements of basketball and jai alai with players riding "Whirlybugs", small electric vehicles similar to bumper cars. Because play requires a special court, it is played in only a handful of locations in the United States and Canada. Amateur Whirlyball game in progress

  9. List of ball games - Wikipedia

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    Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835-36. Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including: Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball. Invasion games, such as football and basketball. Net and wall games, such as volleyball.