Platform tennis was developed from lawn tennis in 1928. It's played the same way as lawn tennis but there are differences in equipment, the court and minor rule differences. Instead of a tennis racquet, a platform tennis paddle that has small holes in it is used and the ball is a sponge material instead of the typical tennis ball. One other major difference between lawn tennis and platform tennis is that the fence around the court is considered as part of the court and the ball can be played off it - similar to squash, racquetball, padel and paddleball.