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Jai alai

Sports
Jai alai is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker, commonly referred to as a cesta. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term jai alai, coined by Serafin Baroja in... Wikipedia
Equipment: pelota, xistera/cesta
First played: 14th century