platform tennis

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platform tennis

n.
A variation of tennis played with paddles and a rubber ball on a raised wooden floor that is fenced with a wire screen, in which balls that have landed once inbounds and then struck and rebounded off the screen remain in play.
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plat′form ten′nis


n.
a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform fenced with wire.
[1950–55, Amer.]
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Glen Ellyn Park District is offering free Platform Tennis clinics on Friday, September 20th to introduce new players to rules, techniques, and strategies of the sport.
They held memberships in the Fox Meadow Tennis Club of Scarsdale, NY, the Shenorock Shore Club of Rye, NY as well as The Moorings Club of VeroBeach, FL where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis, and golf.
as well as The Moorings Club of VeroBeach, FL, where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis and golf.
They held memberships in the Fox Meadow Tennis Club of Scarsdale, New York, the Shenorock Shore Club of Rye, New York, as well as The Moorings Club of VeroBeach, Florida where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis, and golf.
They held memberships in the Fox Meadow Tennis Club of Scarsdale, New York, the Shenorock Shore Club of Rye, New York, as well as The Moorings Club of Vero Beach, Florida where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis, and golf.
They held memberships in the Fox Meadow Tennis Club of Scarsdale, NY, the Shenorock Shore Club of Rye, NY, as well as The Moorings Club of VeroBeach, FL,where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis and golf.
The couple held memberships in the Fox MeadowTennis Club of Scarsdale, N.Y., the Shenorock Shore Club of Rye, N.Y., as well as The Moorings Club of Vero Beach, Fla., where they enjoyed playing tennis, platform tennis, and golf.
culture blog Tomboy Style, describes the sport (first played in the 1900s) as a more laid-back version of its East Coast cousin, platform tennis: "It's beachy in its entirety." The game--fast-paced but easy to learn--has Angelenos lining up for sunny courts in Venice Beach.
The Jewel will boast an amenities floor on the third level with a 20-meter lap pool, Jacuzzi, steam bath and infrared sauna, as well as a fully equipped gym with yoga stretch room, and, outdoors, a putting green and platform tennis court.
The 18 players, from the Canary Islands, played some of the Edgerton club's finest at padel - also known as 'paddle tennis' or 'platform tennis', The sport is a cross between tennis and squash.
He was privileged and honored in his mature years by the friendship of a remarkable group of men: Bill Clark, Fairman Cowan, Harry Dewey, Tom Green, Jack Griefen, Jack Lund, Ross Lyell, Bob Massey, Hal Moore, Joe Oakley, Tom Sedgwick, Will Small, Woodie Titcomb, Jim Wallace and Brownie Wheeler, many of whom enjoyed with him squash racquets, tennis and platform tennis and the joys of fresh air, sunshine and exercise.
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