Taspony is a recreation sports. That is using bare hand to hit a sponge ball. That can be played at indoor rectangular court. The game formation is singles(with one player per side) or doubles(with two players per side). Points are scored when the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
Taspony is played at all generations. The sponge ball absorb the gap between the age.
Taspony originated in Japan, 1981 by Eizo Yamaguchi. He applied the sponge ball made in USA, for the rehabilitation, to make a new sport.
The new sport named Taspony in abbreviation of Atsu”TA“ ward in Japan, “SPON”ge ball and “Y”MCA.
Rules
Manner of play
Every player shakes hands with each other, before and after the game.
And toss or janken ”rock-paper-scissors” to decide service or court.
Court
The court is rectangular and divided into halves by a net. Court is 8.0m long, and 3.5m wide for singles matches and 4.1m wide for doubles matches. The net is 70cm high at the posts and the center.
Lines
The line layout is similar to the tennis court, such as the baseline, the service line and the sideline (singles and doubles). Sometimes, in the unofficial game, the singles sidelines are omitted.
Scoring
Each game is played to 11,15,17 points and 1-3 sets depends on the competition. The player scores a point whenever win a rally regardless of whether they served.
Service
The service is initiated by drop the ball to the floor and hitting the bounded ball into the diagonally opposite service area without touching the net. When the ball touched the net and bound over the diagonally opposite service area then serve again,(let). If missed serving then the server lose a point immediately (no second service).
When the server (or server side in doubles) won the rally, called “point”, then play again continuously. When the server lost a point, called “service over”, opposite side player do the service next.
Stroke
Player can use a hand either left or right. That is indistinct forehand and backhand.
In case of right-hand, the stroke begins on lower-right side of the body, continues throw forward to make a contact with the ball, and ends on the foreside of the body.
Volley
The volley is a shot returned to opponent in mid-air before the ball bounces, generally performed near the net. Usually that makes push the ball “Push volley” or absorb the ball power and drop near the net “Drop volley”.
Smash
A smash can usually be hit fairly near the net, generally against lobs. A player can smash to deep end-line or cross the side. Sometimes the ball is given the back-spin and its bound is less.
Lob
The lob can be used as defensive stroke, hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent’s court to enable the lobber to get into better position.
