Fronton (court)

That wall has a line at a determined height named Bajo Chapa (Lower Zone).

Often, in common rural open-air courts, the place where the back wall should be is delimited by a line on the floor.

A free wall sideline is delimited to make watching the game easier for an audience or other players.

The lower zone line is 15 cm wide and the height depends on the size of the fronton (see chart).

The upper zone is frequently marked at 10 m high on the wall and the line is also 15 cm wide.

The squares are the lines painted on the side wall and the ground, used to mark the places of service, falta, and pasa.

Game at open-air Ustaritz fronton
fronton at Ossès Church
Basque pelota fronton diagram 1: Side wall; 2: Front wall; 3: Ground; 4: Perspective view (lower and upper zones in blue)
Image for a "place libre" fronton from the French Basque Pelota Federation
Typical distribution of the marks in a fronton