The internationally recognized modalities in which the
Basque Pelota World Championships is contested are the following: • Hand-pelota (Basque:
esku huska; Spanish:
pelota mano), played barehanded (36m
Fronton and
Trinquete) • Rubber-paleta (Basque:
gomazko paleta; Spanish:
paleta goma), played with a short and broad wooden bat (called
paleta) and a rubber ball (30m Fronton and Trinquete) • Leather-paleta (Basque:
cuero paleta; Spanish:
paleta cuero), similar to the previous one but played with a traditional leather ball (36m Fronton and Trinquete) • Short-bat, (Spanish:
paleta corta), played with a shorter, thicker and much narrower bat and a leather ball (36m Fronton) • Xare, which means "net" in Basque, played with a wooden ring strung with a net, similar to a tennis racket (Trinquete) • Jai alai, (Basque:
zesta punta; Spanish:
cesta punta; both meaning literally 'edged basket'), played with a special glove that extends into a long pointed curved basket (hence the name) (54m Fronton) • Frontenis, it uses tennis rackets (30m Fronton) • Frontball ==Participating national federations==