![]() Winter GamesA Poem by Brett HernanIn the (Winter-oriented) game of, 'Indoor Floor Tennis', each player uses, in the place of a racquet, a rubber thong, (left or right), to strike a variably, larger or smaller, tennis-ball sized, aluminium ball made from a hand-crushed collection of foil squares, (five by five centimeter), which has been covered by a single, aluminium sheet of foil skin as an outer. This ball may be equipped with an optional core composed of assorted floor garbage like empty bread bags or a white paper milk-bar pie bag. The object of the game, is for each player to alternately strike the floor-bound ball, which remains 'in play' for as long as the ball remains in motion, with their thong, alternately. The player, who allows the ball to become motionless, (failing to have successfully propelled it by striking it, whilst it is in still in the state of being in motion, (and therefore, in play), concedes a point to the other. The size of the field on which the game play may take place may be determined variably, as per the desire of the player(s) and the constrictions of available appropriate game play floor space. Scoring is open-ended with winner, (or winning team), ultimately thus decided at the end of play. © 2017 Brett Hernan |
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Added on November 13, 2017 Last Updated on November 17, 2017 AuthorBrett HernanHobart, Tasmania, AustraliaAboutLow-resolution sample only. Born 1968. All of the images accompanying each of these written works are my own. (Except that one of the guy putting a flower into a soldier's rifle barrel!) more..Writing
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