The "Escala i corda" variant began around 1910, when the player Nel de Murla settled a 1.80 m high rope in the middle of a trinquet and thus divided the courtfield in two sides.
The objective of an Escala i corda game is sending the ball over a net by hitting it with the hand.
Every quinze begins when the "feridor" player throws the ball to the opponent "dauer", who must turn it back to the team in the "rest" midfield.
[clarification needed] Escala i corda may be played one-on-one, but it is mainly a team sport.
Some, the most careful will watch the match from the "galleries" on the top of the walls, and the bravest or scholars may be allowed to seat in the "llotgeta".
The plot deals with a ball game between two players who risk much in the result on a personal level.