Photos

Yesterday, beach of Tel Aviv. Supposedly we are thru a wave of unusual cold weather, but you can see what kind of "winter" day it was.

It was late in the afternoon and the low sun gave a nice cast to the scene, but I've dropped it in PP because a pure white seemed to me more appropriate to the "tennis" subject.

They are actually playing beach paddleball ("matkot"), a very popular game here, non-competitive (the roots of this - related to the socialist philosophy of the country's pioneers).

It just involves TWO players playing together for a certain time.

The standard ball used is the same ball as is used in squash.

The idea is to engage in "quality" rallies. Important aspects are - the "consistency" and length of the rallies, the power and variety of the shots, and the general flair and aesthetic quality of play.