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Jai Alai

Team Building
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PLAYERS
2-4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
MEASUREMENTS

Court with a tall front wall, commonly played along one long side wall as well

HOW TO PLAY
1

Strap the cesta basket onto your throwing hand and stand ready facing the front wall.

2

Serve the ball by catching it in the cesta and hurling it against the front wall so it rebounds into the court.

3

Opponents must catch the rebounding ball in their own cesta and immediately fling it back against the wall in one continuous motion.

4

A player loses the point if the ball touches the ground twice, goes out of the marked court lines, or is not returned in one fluid catch-and-throw motion.

5

Alternate serving and returning until one side fails to make a valid return.

6

The first player or team to reach the agreed target score wins the match.