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Balle a 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 a la main is played on a rectangular field of 65 meters by 12 meters. As all the ballodromes of the games of gain-ground, the field has a line of fire and a rope.

Rules [ edit ]

The ball is made with a lead pit, surrounded with wool and covered with leather. The diameter is about 4,2 cm with a weight about 43 g.

The game takes place according to the rules of the games of gagne-terrain (gain-ground) with in particular the use of the " chasses ". We play bare handed. Points for a set count by "fifteen" (15, 30, 45 and set), with possible advantage in the tie-break. A match takes place in 7 sets.

Sources [ edit ]

• (in French) Lazure, Marcel, Les jeux de balle et ballon picards: ballon au poing, balle a la main, balle au tamis, longue paume , Centre regional de documentation pedagogique de Picardie, Amiens , France, 1996.

External links [ edit ]

• (in French) Federation Francaise de Balle a la Main Archived 2021-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Inventaire du Patrimoine Culturel Immateriel des jeux traditionnels francais

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