التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Pelota. |
| المؤلفون: |
McNeil, Teresa Baksh |
| المصدر: |
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport; 2005, Vol. 3, p1155-1157, 3p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PELOTA (Latin American game), BALL games, COURT tennis, SPORTS facilities, ATHLETIC associations, SPORTS tournaments, ENCYCLOPEDIAS & dictionaries |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
LATIN America |
| مستخلص: |
This article presents an encyclopedia entry for pelota which refers to a sport in which players propel a ball with their hand or an instrument. The antecedent of pelota is jeu de paume, a sport that spread rapidly throughout Europe during the thirteenth century. Information is presented on the types of courts where people came to play the two forms of pelota. The Federacion Internacional de Pelota Vasca organized its first world championship in 1952 in San Sebastian, Spain. |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Supplemental Index |
