Pelota de Guante (Ecuador)
- Name of sport (game): Pelota de Guante
- Name in native language: Pelota de Guante
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
First of all, the city of Ibarra and Quito in Ecuador.
- Description:
Pelota de Guante or Glove Ball is similar to Pelota Nacional. However, instead of being played with racquets, it is played by teams wearing gloves attached to disk-shaped wooden paddles which they use to propel a heavy ball of hard rubber back and forth. This sport is unique to Ecuador and played principally on Sunday afternoon in the cities of Ibarra and Quito.
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