How does one even start playing that game?
in the early days, a ballboy could get a chance to play with pros.
One guy in Milford, a ticket clerk , got some court practice time with pros, I think his name was Mark. He went pro, unremarkable player, but he made it.
One guy I played against often as an amateur was Wilfredo "Weef" Cruz , A puerto rican, played backcourt at Milford as "Cruz".
Weef got out of jai alai at about age 36, became a cop, before he was too old, timed it well, as jai alai was dying, getting too old to play pro much longer, smart move there. I don't know how is police career is going, or if he is still a New Haven cop, probably is ?
Cruz played pretty good, made the middle to late games at Milford.