"Beach Tennis is a cooperation and opposition racket sport practiced in a sand court surface divided into two halves by a net suspended between two poles. Its aim is to pass the ball to make it fall in the rival camp and avoid forwarding or return it. " (Javier Torrent - 2008)
MODALITIES:- Doubles: Men, Women and Mixed
- Individual: Men and Women
SPACE:
- Doubles: 16x8 m
- Individual: 16x5 m
NET: 1,70 mBALL: Tennis balls of low pressure
IMPLEMENT: Beach tennis rackets or paddles
BEACH TENNIS TECHNICS:
In addition to the basic hits of the racket sports, in beach tennis there are several technics with a specific identity, among them are:
Dirrito Spinto:
Known as Spinto, its a hit with some complexity, is amended volleyed right that is performed when the ball is more or less toward your body where normally we would do a simple backhand volley, or easier when the ball comes toward our right shoulder (always we are right handed). The hit will always be required to attend at the height of the net at least, although there are some players who are able to give such a big effect to the ball from a lower position than the net. This hit allows the ball to "lift" and pick up speed, as well as being a blow hard to predict its direction by the recipient. It's perfect to use it on balls that are coming halfway up a little speed. The hit is like pushing the ball with the racket, from the basic position, bend your elbow so that the handle of the racket is level roughly shoulder or chin, and elbow tightly stretched forward and finishing the technical gesture with the racket face pointing down (the same one that hit it right), bending your wrist slightly. 