Gain-ground games are team sports which are played with a small ball or a balloon.

They are often outdoors on a "ballodrome" but can also be played indoors.

Among these games, longue paume and real tennis are the most well-known because they are played with rackets.

[further explanation needed] Games of gain-ground are characterized in particular by the use of "chasses".

Two games in Jeu de paume: These sports are practised in Hauts-de-France and Belgium: but also in Spain : or in the world: