Gain-ground games are team sports which are played with a small ball or a balloon. They are often outdoors on a "''ballodrome''" but can also be played indoors. Among these games,

longue paume Longue paume, or ''jeu de longue paume'', is an outdoor version of jeu de paume, an ancestor of modern lawn tennis. Hundreds of years ago it was quite popular, particularly in France. It is a game of gain-ground as Balle à la main. It was part ...

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real tennis Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United Sta ...

are the most well-known because they are played with rackets. The rules change a little depending on the game, but the basic rules remain identical from one game to the other. Games of gain-ground are characterized in particular by the use of "''chasses''". Chasses indicate the limit between both teams or in real tennis a limit to score a point. Points are counted as in tennis: 15, 30, 40 and set.

Games of gain-ground

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Jeu de paume ''Jeu de paume'' (, ; originally spelled ; ), nowadays known as real tennis, (US) court tennis or (in France) ''courte paume'', is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, a ...

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Real tennis Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United Sta ...

These sports are practised in

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

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Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

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Ballon au poing The ballon au poing is a popular team sport in Picardy (France). This game is played by teams of six. It is a game of gain-ground. This sport must not be confused with the fistball. To be able to hit the ball, players surround their hand and ...

Balle à la main Balle à la main is a traditional Picard sport. It is a team sport with two teams of seven players on a called field "''ballodrome''". It is a game of gain-ground' as Longue paume, which takes place in Picardy. Balle à la main is played on a re ...

Balle pelote Balle may refer to: *Balle (surname) * Balle, Mali *Balle, Nigeria *Balle (runemaster) *Michael Ballack, German soccer player See also *"Balle Balle", a song from the movie '' Bride and Prejudice'' *Ballet Ballet () is a type of performan ...

Balle au tamis Balle may refer to: *Balle (surname) * Balle, Mali *Balle, Nigeria *Balle (runemaster) *Michael Ballack, German soccer player See also *"Balle Balle", a song from the movie '' Bride and Prejudice'' *Ballet Ballet () is a type of performan ...

but also in

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Llargues Llargues (, "long ones") is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It is played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game. There ar ...

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International game The International game ( ca-valencia, joc internacional, ) is a ball game that is related to many sports derived from and similar to Jeu de paume. It is played in the Handball International Championships by teams from the Americas and Europe. Hi ...

File:P35-Ballon-au-poing.JPG, Ballon au poing

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

File:Jeu-de-balle-Denain.jpg, Balle à la main

Denain Denain (; pcd, Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi). It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération d ...

File:Hoves J2JPG.jpg, Balle pelote

Silly, Belgium Silly (; nl, Opzullik; pcd, Chili) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Silly had a total population of 7,995. The total area is which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per ...

File:Tamis (jeu).jpg, Tamis File:Dessin-Ballodrome-1894.png, "''Ballodrome''" (1894) File:Llargues-polop.jpg, Llargues

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Sources

* Benoît Goffin, ''LA BALLE PELOTE au cœur de notre région'', éd. Aparté, Namur, 2006. . * Marcel Lazure, ''Les jeux de balle et ballon picards: ballon au poing, balle à la main, balle au tamis, longue paume'', Centre régional de documentation pédagogique de Picardie,

, France, 1996. * Marcel Lazure, ''Les jeux de balle et ballon picards'', Sports de France, Amiens, p. 96. , (1981) * Luc Collard, ''Longue paume et ballon au poing'', revue EPS, n° 274, p. 72-75, nov-déc 1998 * H. Civilio, ''Le jeu de balle en Belgique'', Louvain, ( Mémoire en Education physique, Université Catholique de Louvain ), (1966)

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External links

Confédération Internationale du Jeu de Balle (C.I.J.B.)
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