Doubles

The term doubles as used in sports like tennis and badminton refers to games with two players on each side.

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Sport - Tennis - Badminton

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Doubles conventionally offer a standardised method of breaking down stereotype gender divisions in sporting contests. Note the existence (in tennis, say) of mens' doubles, womens' doubles and mixed doubles.

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Doubles or partnerships have unique psychological dynamics as they fit neither into standard team sports nor into individual sports categories. This offers particular challenges in coaching.

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Partnership - Team - Coaching

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Doubles also refers to a mode of play in the video game Dance Dance Revolution, where one player uses both sides of the machine to play. Though the technical term for this mode is "Double Play", the colloquial term among players is "doubles".

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Doubles is also used as a term in English Change Ringing, describing a ringing method rung on five church bells. Doubles is the most common group of methods rung in the United Kingdom, since 90% of parish churches with bell towers in the UK are fitted with only six bells.

Related Topics:
Change Ringing - United Kingdom - Parish church

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Doubles is a West Indian food originating in Trinidad and Tobago consisting of 2 peices of fluffy fried dough seasoned with tumeric (Bara) wrapped around curried channa or chick peas topped with Roast pepper (pepper choka), mango kutchela, sweet mango, mango chutney, pepper, chadon beni, cucumber, sweet tamarind, and coconut chutney to name a few. Doubles are often sold in stands on the roadside.

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