Sports in France

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Tennis
 The Fédération Française de Tennis is
the governing body for tennis in
France
 Tennis enthusiasts usually throng to
Roland-Garros facility in Paris during
May and June each year to witness the
French Open
 There are dedicated sites like World
Travel Tennis, specializing in tennis-
themed vacation in France
History (Histoire)
 Origin of tennis is in the monastery courtyard during
the 13th century
 As middle ages is ending in Europe, the monastic past
time evolved into royal tennis adopted by the royalties
 They dubbed the game as jeu de paume meaning game
of the palm
Petanque
 The goal of the game is to roll hollow steel balls as
close as possible to a small wooden ball called a
cochonnet while standing inside a circle with both feet
on the ground
 Fédération Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal is
the governing body for petanque
History (Histoire)
 The early concept of the game was
invented by the Greeks in 6th
century which was later modified
by the Ancient Romans
 The roman variation was then
brought to Provence by Roman
soldiers and sailors
 In Southern France, the game
evolved to jeu provençal and
played in villages across Provence
Savate Kickboxing
 French martial art that includes
the element of boxing and
graceful kicking techniques
 Savate is a French word for “old
shoe”
 Male practitioner is called a
tireur while female practitioner
is called tireuse
History (Histoire)
 Savate Kickboxing took it
place from various street-
fighting system used in
France in 17th Century
 Modern Savate is the mixture
of Southern kicking art of
Marseille and street-fighting
techniques from Paris and
Northern France
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