Soft Tennis

Soft tennis is a racket game played on a court of two halves, separated by a net.

Soft tennis differs from regular tennis in that it uses soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls. It is played primarily in Asia, especially in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.

Most of the rules for soft tennis are the same as those for regular tennis.

At the end of the 19th century, tennis was introduced to Japan by a Western missionary, and it was later modified to better suit Japanese tastes. A special racquet and ball were developed, and the game became known as soft tennis (ソフトテニス sofutotenisu^?).

In 2004 Soft tennis was introduced into Europe. Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, and India all now have active Soft tennis federations. All of them are also members of the European Soft tennis Federation, and the International Federation JSTA.