About Game

In the early years of the last century a game called Decktennis (Deck Tennis) has been played at the sports deck of big ocean liners. At that time Decktennis has been played with a ring made of rope. This game is the origin of the now international competitive sport Tenniquoits, which is also known as Ringtennis (Ring Tennis) or Tennikoit (Tenni-Koit). Below you see a photo from 1924, where Decktennis is played on an American ocean cruiser.Probably created from British or American sportsmen Decktennis came around the world through enthusiastic tourists, commonwealth officials and emigrants. Moreover soldiers, playing on board of military ships and in soldier camps may have arranged for bringing this sport to different parts of the world. At that time and the following decades (1930 – 1960) Decktennis was discovered at schools and universities in UK, USA and Australia and has been classified as valuable for physical education of children concerning hand-eye-coordination.

Only in a few countries Decktennis developed into the competitive sport Tenniquoits with yearly national championships. This was the case in Germany (1929), South Africa (1960) and India (1960). Under the leadership of these countries the World Tenniquoits Federation has been founded in 2004 to control and spread Tenniquoits to more nations around the world as competitive sport. The Tenni-Koit Federation of India conducted the first World Championships in 2006 with participating players from Germany, South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Brazil and India.

Tenni-koit is a game, which is played either under daylight or under floodlights. It is played both indoor and outdoor by both the sexes. The game consists of both Singles and Doubles inclusive of Mixed Doubles. Singles is a two-player game, which is played by two players opposing each other. Doubles is a four-player game, which is played by two teams of two players each, which play against each other. In the Mixed Doubles, one male and a female shall form one team.The Court dimensions, the height of the net, specifications of the koit and other playing equipment are the same for Singles and Doubles for both sexes. But for the sub-juniors, the height of the net shall be 1.67 meters (5 .6 ft.). Tenni-koit is a game played by two teams or two players on a playing court measuring 12.2 X 5.5 M. The playing court is divided into two equal courts by a Centre Line. Above this line, a net is placed at a certain height. The goal of the player is to send the koit over the net, according to regulations, to the opponent’s court