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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:53:55 -0500, Califbill
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I always saw it played on formal hard-surfaced indoor and outdoor courts,
usually by older Italian men dressed in suit coats and pants, but with
their neckties removed and, if it was warm outside, their suitcoats removed, too.

That is not the way you see it played in parts of Italy. They will lob the
ball 20' in the air to knock other balsa away, etc. and I saw working
class people, so no suits and ties.

These courts are about 6" below grade with some kind of special sand
in them and a fairly hard bottom. They are about 70 feet long

A lot of the courts in Italy were either crushed granite or crushed sea
shells.