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Ring Tennis is a sport that is assigned to check playing. It is not used bat.

The aim of the game is to take a about 210 to 230 g heavy foam rubber ring (formerly hollow rubber rings) so that it can not catch him the enemy. The game is played in singles, doubles or mixed on a 12,20 mx 5,50 m large playing field. (Single: 12,20 m x 3,70 m). In the middle of the field there is a 1.55 m high power. The ring must rise after leaving the hand of the thrower and may indeed rotate about its axis of symmetry, but not wobble or even skipped (error: From Above, Shaky Ring - ugs as the ' Pretzels' refers ).

The catch, run and throw the ring must in one fluid motion without stops take place, etc. (error: Stopped, two movements).

It should not be run with the ring. With the ring in hand, only two ground contact are allowed. Every foot counts as a contact. Before the third contact of the ring must be thrown ( Error: steps ). If this error occurs, the referee has to count the error as so-called " step error " and the opponent gets a point.

In Germany Ringtennis is organized as a gymnastics game in the German Gymnastics Federation. There is a year-round sporting competitions, whose highlights are the German team championships in the summer the German Championships and in winter.

Be found except in Germany organized Ringtennis (or Tenniquoits ) in South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina, Bangladesh, Pakistan, New Zealand, the USA and Nepal. In addition Tenniquoits is Ringtennis / played in Australia, Mexico, Great Britain, Nigeria, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Japan and Thailand.

The congeneric Ringo is played in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Armenia, Belarus, Kenya and the USA.

From 6 to 10 November 2006, the first ring tennis world championships were held in India. Since the national rules are different in each country, there is a separate set of rules for international meetings and the World Championships. (eg single pitch: 12,20 mx 4,60 m, net height: 1.65 m). Germany was very successful at these World Championships in Chennai, India (Madras). In addition to individual competitions for the women and the men they also won women's and men's doubles, the double competitions only had stage combat character and are also added because of the large media presence in the program. As a culmination of the German team was finally able to secure the team title at the end of the 5- day event.

The second ring tennis world championships were held in Koblenz from 31 July to 6 August 2010.

Host of the third ring tennis world championships in South Africa. The title fights take 30 March to 5 April 2014 in Vereeniging, Gauteng place where it is fought by a total of six world titles. In addition to the woman single men and single as well as the team competition for the first time are the mixed, the woman double and the men double as official disciplines in the World Cup program, the member countries of the World Association must send in their delegations to each of 8 male and female players.

Venue of the fourth ring Tennis World Championships 2018 will be in Minsk Belarus.