As I am on a roll, tennis wise, I thought I would cover Real Tennis too. This was the forerunner to lawn tennis, or just tennis. It was (and still is – it is still played by a few people in the UK, Australia, USA and France) played on an inside court. You can score points by bouncing the ball off the walls of the court. The scoring is basically like Lawn Tennis but is a lot more complicated! For more info see the IRTPA website
It was a game popular with Royalty in the 16th/17th centuries and there is a real tennis court at Hampton Court Palace. This is the oldest surviving court in England and is stil actively used by the Royal Tennis Court Club
