Soft tennis
variant of tennis, played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls.
Soft tennis is major sport in Japan. It is usually played by two players with rackets. It is similar to normal tennis, but the ball is soft.[1] Young and old of both sexes can enjoy playing soft tennis because the racket and ball are light.
History
changeTennis came to Japan from England in about 1880's.
Equipment
change- Racket
- Ball
In Japan, people were not able to make good hard ball those days. Imported balls were expensive. Therefore Japanese people used a rubber ball.
References
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