The game of Jai Alai

Jai Alai is a game of quickness and accuracy. There are three walls, front, left and rear. The ball, or pelota, is a handmade tightly woven sphere with leather tightly wrapped around it like a smaller, harder version of a baseball. When the ball is thrown at the front wall it has one bounce and after that bounce an opposing player has to catch and release in one fluid motion or else it is a point. It is a very fast game where the eight players on the court are all against each other and each player has teammates on the sidelines. When a player gets scored on, he then leaves the court and another teammate must step on. When any given team reaches nine points the game is over. If at anytime a the ball goes off the court, the player who threw the ball out loses a point for their team. Most courts or Cancha's are around 180 feet long, 50 feet tall and about 40 feet wide. The walls are made of solid granite to ensure the walls are strong enough to withstand the impact of the pelota traveling aproximately 188 miles per hour.