battle-board tennis

noun

bat·​tle-board tennis

1

: modified tennis in which opponents play side by side on a half court with the net hung at one end in front of a board from which the ball rebounds

2

: a practice tennis game for one player in which the rebound from a board simulates a return shot from an opponent

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