pantalera

Machine-translated from the Italian article

La pantalera, or pallapugno alla pantalera (from the Piedmontese term pantalera), is a variant of pallapugno. It is played in southern Piedmont (Alba, Cortemilia, Feisoglio, Gorzegno, Monesiglio, Murialdo, Niella Belbo) and northern Liguria, generally in the central squares of the towns. The main difference from pallapugno is the serve: the ball is not struck by the server with a fist, but thrown so that it bounces off a small oblique canopy leaning against the wall and raised about two metres above the ground.