The rebatta game is played both individually and in teams. To play the game you need: The rebatta which is a wooden ball (preferably made with boxwood root) of 28 millimeters in diameter and weighing between 25 and 40 grams It is then dyed white to make it visible in the grass of the playing field. game. The rebatta is hit with a club called a masetta or maciocca . Finally, there is the fioletta (also called pipe) which serves as a lever to lift the ball in mid-air so that the player hits it on the fly; it is pipe-shaped, with a metal plate at the base so that it adheres to the ground and is always level.
The playing field is almost always a lawn on which lines are drawn, in a herringbone pattern, 15 meters away from each other…. The game is simple, but it requires skill and strength. The player, from the hitting area ( plase ), places the rebatta in the hollow of the fioletta , strikes the spout with the masetta , making the ball that is hit flying in the air to throw it as far as possible and achieve the highest score .
Their victory or their defeat are determined by the sum of the scores achieved by each athlete who has twenty jumps available.
