Stické (also stické tennis) is an indoor racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of real tennis, racquets, and lawn tennis. It derives from sphairistikè (Ancient Greek meaning "the art of playing ball"), the term originally given to lawn tennis by Walter Clopton Wingfield.
Stické is played with standard lawn tennis racquets and low pressure balls in an enclosed court. The court is somewhat similar to a real tennis court in shape, but is smaller (about 78 feet by 27 feet) and different in construction. Play takes place using all the basics of lawn tennis and the same scoring system, with the addition of side and back walls. Players face each other over the net in pairs. As in real tennis, there is a penthouse, used throughout the game as a playing surface and on which the service has to land to start each point.
There were at least 39 courts built throughout the British Empire since 1875. The dimensions of the Taplow Court built by Lord Desborough in 1892 became the standard. In the early 20th century, stické was a popular recreation at many country houses. At the time it was one of the few games that was played by both men and women.
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Stick is a 1985 crime film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.
Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go home is an illegal drug deal that goes sour. With his friend dead, Stick needs to hide out for a while to elude the killers (who must eliminate him as a witness).
While lying low, Stick finds himself in the right place at the right time when he helps a wealthy eccentric named Barry get into his locked car. Hired as a driver, he has a comfortable home with a stable job and tries to make up for lost time with Katie, his teen-age daughter. He also finds a new flame in Kyle, a financial consultant who acts as a business adviser for Barry, who must decide what of Stick can be salvaged.
Before he can move on, however, Stick confronts drug dealer Chucky to demand the money owed to his murdered friend. Chucky refuses and sends albino hit-man Moke after the ex-con. Stick can't get on with his new life without cleaning up old business first. He becomes the target of Moke as well as the cartel that employs Chucky, led by the voodoo-obsessed Nestor.
Actors: Francisco Cardoso (actor), Paola Poucel (actress), Jesus Alarcon (director), Jesus Alarcon (editor), Arturo Macias Suarez (actor), Fernando Mejia (producer), Carlos A. Alarcon (producer), Jose Carlos Alonso (actor), Josh Rector (writer),
Genres: Crime, Short, Thriller,Actors: Leo Fong (writer), Leo Fong (actor), Leo Fong (director), Leo Fong (actor), Leo Fong (writer), Leo Fong (producer), Ted Alderman (actor), Joe Guinan (producer), Mel Novak (actor), Marco Tazioli (actor), Hedo Davis (composer), Hedo Davis (actor), Edmond Choi (actor), Shanequa Reed (actress), Hans Marrero (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Wil Johnson (actor), Paul Danquah (miscellaneous crew), Paul Danquah (writer), Bernard Kordieh (producer), Bernard Kordieh (editor), Bernard Kordieh (director), Bernard Kordieh (writer), Ashley Elliott (actress), Lubna Salad (miscellaneous crew), Paul Chiedozie (actor), Emmanuel Anyiam Osigwe (producer), Junior Adams (actor), Hayley Dunn (costume designer), Mo Adams (actor), Prince Myers (actor),
Plot: Stick With Me is a story of love, betrayal and loyalty. When Leon, a young man growing up in East London has a premonition of his death, he finds himself torn between his love for his girlfriend Erica and his loyalty to his best friend Stick. He then knows that the choices he makes within the next 24 hours will determine whether he lives to see another day.
Keywords: beating, betrayal, blood, bully, coming-of-age, courage, decision, escape, fear, friendActors: Rebecca Eaton (producer), Rob Brydon (actor), John Sessions (actor), Charles Dickens (writer), Amy Roberts (costume designer), Edward Tudor-Pole (actor), Nick Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Nuala Alen-Buckley (miscellaneous crew), Martin Phipps (composer), Anton Saunders (actor), Darren O'Connell (miscellaneous crew), Giles Edleston (miscellaneous crew), Vincent Franklin (actor), Charlie Simpson (miscellaneous crew), Jordan Long (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rod Lopez (producer), Rod Lopez (editor), Rod Lopez (director), Leanna Chamish (actress), Greg Coale (actor), Mathew J. Wright (actor), Ursula Taherian (actress), Daniel Samonas (actor), John Doty (actor), Jimmy Gary Jr. (actor), Mike Bash (actor), Debbie Tsamoudakis (actress), Randall Carlton (actor), George Kardulias (producer), George Kardulias (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Robin Smith (actor), Patrick Bergin (actor), Elizabeth Berkley (actress), Greg Wise (actor), Paul Matthews (director), Paul Matthews (producer), Paul Matthews (writer), Peter Davies (editor), Jim Stockley (miscellaneous crew), David Dukas (actor), Scott Bassett (miscellaneous crew), Douglas Bristow (actor), Pierre Vienings (costume designer), Elizabeth Matthews (producer), Zane Meas (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: James Black (actor), Anthony Griffith (actor), Ted Lyde (director), Ted Lyde (actor), Michael Caplan (producer), Ted Lyde (writer), Steven Diller (producer), Lissa Oliver (editor), Wendy Quinn (miscellaneous crew), Bertice Berry (actress), Victor Mack (actor), David McGowan (producer), Nancy Van Kanegan (costume designer), Valerie Mrak (miscellaneous crew), Pamela Cook (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Charla Driver (producer), Paul G. Volk (editor), John Gonzalez (composer), Richard Pepin (producer), Joseph Merhi (producer), Joseph Merhi (director), Rif Hutton (actor), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (writer), Jim Brown (actor), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (producer), Jay Richardson (actor), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor), Raymond Martino (actor), Addison Randall (actor), Addison Randall (producer),
Plot: Detective Jon Chance always dreamed of being a cowboy hero, living by the "code of the West." He always pictured himself as an exemplary hero who always felt that the use of guns was not a necessity. However, Chance needs to stop dreaming. He must return back to reality! Chance's assignment (and he has no choice but to accept it) is to capture this mean faced drug dealer called Clarence. This assignment has escalated into a personal vendetta for this vice detective when Chance's partner, Carl is murdered by this nefarious drug dealer during a routine drug bust. A drug war will soon ensue between Clarence, who is trying to retrieve his drugs and money, and the police...
Keywords: independent-film, police, police-officer-killedActors: Helen Kelly (actress), Andre Rosey Brown (actor), Ronee Blakley (actress), Kip King (actor), Sarina C. Grant (actress), John Milford (actor), Marlon Jackson (actor), Kathryn Weygand (miscellaneous crew), H. Kaye Dyal (producer), Eric Douglas (actor), Richard Horian (director), Richard Horian (composer), Richard Horian (actor), Richard Horian (writer), Richard Horian (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: John Stephenson (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Tommy Cook (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Scatman Crothers (actor), Bob Hastings (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Chuck McCann (actor), Chuck McCann (actor), Allan Melvin (actor), Don Messick (actor), Lennie Weinrib (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,[Verse 1]
Lost burning beds, nights we shared
Forced favors, my creations
Life's candy...
Thoughts turned to stains, Reeled into your side
More than ever, Lost the Pleasures
You will leave lost
[Pre-Chorus]
Stick, Stick, Stick inside again!
[Chorus]
See your eyes open wide...
Seen your head closed
[Verse 2]
Times and times again, reached for your loose hand
Flights to others. Low pretensions
Truths to me
Look inside your head, release you cruel dead hand
Core the center, chalked forever.
You will leave lost
{Pre-Chorus}
See your eyes open wide...
Seen your head closed
Your lips empty now, what is real
Felt your shade so cold.
[Bridge]
Cut off the heart flow...
Stické (also stické tennis) is an indoor racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of real tennis, racquets, and lawn tennis. It derives from sphairistikè (Ancient Greek meaning "the art of playing ball"), the term originally given to lawn tennis by Walter Clopton Wingfield.
Stické is played with standard lawn tennis racquets and low pressure balls in an enclosed court. The court is somewhat similar to a real tennis court in shape, but is smaller (about 78 feet by 27 feet) and different in construction. Play takes place using all the basics of lawn tennis and the same scoring system, with the addition of side and back walls. Players face each other over the net in pairs. As in real tennis, there is a penthouse, used throughout the game as a playing surface and on which the service has to land to start each point.
There were at least 39 courts built throughout the British Empire since 1875. The dimensions of the Taplow Court built by Lord Desborough in 1892 became the standard. In the early 20th century, stické was a popular recreation at many country houses. At the time it was one of the few games that was played by both men and women.