In the great temple of Mexico two courts were assigned to this game, over which a special deity was supposed to preside.[2] In or near the market place of each town there were walls erected for the sport.

In the centre of these walls was an orifice a little larger than the ball.

The players were divided into two parties, and the ball having been thrown, each party tried to drive it through or over the wall.

The hand was not used, but only the hip or shoulders.
[Footnote 1: Torquemada gives a long but obscure description of it.
_Monarquia Indiana_, Lib.

xiv, cap.