The International Federation of Basque Pelota

Scope of application.

Player registration in championships or tournaments.

Competition schedule.

Presentation of players on the court.

Respect among athletes and correct use of the facilities.

Delegates and player registration for each game.

How to complete the player registration sheet for each game.

Player registration sheets and warm-up.

Warm-up time and player injury or disqualification during the same.

Failure of a player or team to appear on court.

Duties of the delegate after the end of the game.

Presentation of teams and judges before the game.

First service of the game.

Service: good, fault, pass or return.

Who serves, notice to opponents and the right of the latter to request.

Service, special cases.

Service distances according to specialities and frontons.

Service while disputing a point.

Service, fall of the pelota and trajectory of the player who serves.

Service, special cases.

Pelota change.

Returning the pelota and “atxiki.”

Returning the pelota in cesta punta.

Pelota organisation and lots.

Pelota deterioration, special cases.

Changing player positions during the game.

The pelota touches a player, various cases.

Trajectory of the pelota and interception by a player.

Player apparel and development the game.

Interference, cases.

Simultaneous hit of the pelota by two players or by a single player with both hands.

The pass, second attempt.

The judge during play and the return.

The authority of the players to make a request and to stop the game.

Compulsory rules when using an instrument and a leather pelota. Compulsory use of eyewear by frontcourt players.

Right to rest during game play.

Location of coaches and substitute players while games are being played.

Functions of the coach or assistant.

The judge, only authority on the court. Game suspension.

The main judge, pass and fault, or the co-ordinator(s) of the F.I.P.V. Relationship between them.

Prohibition to wet the pelota.

The ball that returns from the rear wall.

The instrument always in contact with the player and broken instruments.

The player and the instrument, special cases.

On the lost game.

Causes of force majeure for game suspension.

Player injury and the F.I.P.V. physician.

Substitution of a player or players due to injury caused by an opponent, possible actions.

Substitution of a player due to self-inflicted injury or injury caused by a teammate, possible actions.

Identifying marks of the contending teams.

Player uniforms.

Advertising and announcements, general rules.

Advertising on player uniforms and other gear that they use.

Final clause about advertising.

Players of the same team while a game is being played.

Number of judges on the various frontons and on the trinquete.

Description of the cesta and the pala, points, pelota weight, and service and pass distances.

36-metre Fronton. Points, service and pass distances, description of the instruments, pelota weights.

36-metre Fronton. Description of the instruments, points, service and pass distances, description of the pelotas.

Trinquete specialities.

Mano singles and doubles on the trinquete, points...

Paleta with a leather pelota on the trinquete, points...

Paleta with a rubber pelota on the trinquete, points...

Xare, description of the instrument, the pelota...

Weighing the instruments, a public event.

Service on the trinquete with the various instrument specialities.

On the trinquete, net rebound, points.

On the trinquete, special cases when playing for a point.

About the sports or facilities delegate.

Final provision.