Oxford University Real Tennis: Merton
The Real Tennis Court is situated in Merton Street, Oxford. Open to the public; coaching and equipment available for beginners; sports shop. Real Tennis is the king of all racquet sports, a game where subtlety and thought are more prized than power and fitness. It is played in an asymmetrical court which contains many unusual features, sloping roofs, openings (galleries) in the walls and a main wall which has a kink in it (tambour) so the ball on hitting the sloping face moves across the court instead of continuing down the line of the main wall. It has the classic elements of warfare where a failed attack is punished by a counter-attack. The game is played with racquets made of wood, of reasonable dimensions (not those over-sized snow shoes favoured by lawn tennis players!), and with hand-made balls re-covered every week with new cloth.
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 01865 244212 01865 244212
- pros@outc.org.uk
- Website
- www.outc.org.uk
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Where to go
- Address
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Oxford University Tennis Club
Merton College, Merton Street
OXFORD
- Postcode
- OX1 4JD
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Availability
- Age Ranges
- From 0 To 120
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