than your opponent.

Squash is played indoors on a court with these measurements for singles, and is slightly

wider for doubles.

This is the bottom line, commonly referred to as ‘the tin’ and the ball cannot be

hit below this line.

The lines of the court indicate the area of play and any ball leaving this area is considered

to be out.

Players play with rackets and different grades of ball depending on their ability.

The game starts with a player serving the ball.

To serve, a player must have at least one foot in the service box, the ball must be

hit between the service line and out line, and the ball must land in the opposite corner

for a serve to be legal.

In Squash, you have to play the ball by hitting it on to the front wall.

The ball may hit any of the walls, but you are only allowed to let the ball bounce on

the floor once.

If you let the ball bounce twice on the floor, you lose a point.

The idea of this game is to make it difficult or impossible for your opponent to play a

good shot back, or to force an error out of your opponent.

You also win a point if your opponent hits the ball out of the area of play.

Once you play a shot, you must get out of the way of the ball AND get out of the way

of your opponent.

If you don’t get out of the way, your opponent is awarded a point.

This is known as a stroke.

If you tried to get out of the way but couldn’t, this is known as a ‘let’ and the point

is replayed again.

A common strategy of Squash is to dominate the T zone, this is the intersection of lines

in the middle of the court.

When playing a ball, it’s advantageous to get yourself to the T, as this gives you the

best chance of playing the next shot.

Squash players are extremely agile, and elite players can cover all four corners of the

court with minimal movement.

Once you win a point, you get the next serve and the whole process begins again.

This is known as a rally.

A game is won when a player scores 11 points and is 2 points clear of their opponent.

If the scores are 10-10 for example, they keep playing until one person is two points

clear.

Squash is usually played to the best of 5 games.

Whoever wins 3 games first, wins.

That’s pretty much it, but there’s a few other things you’ll need to know before

playing or watching Squash.

For example:

Point a Rally Scoring.

This is the new method of scoring in Squash that is mentioned in this video.

If you win a rally, you receive the point and the next serve.

First to 11 points wins the game.

English scoring.

The old method of scoring in Squash (and other sports like Badminton) is where you can only

win a point if you served the ball.

If a server wins a rally, they get a point.

If the non-server wins the point, they only win the next serve.

Games lasted longer and were only played to 9 points.

I mention this method of scoring as some clubs around the world still play by these rules.

Racketball / Squash 57 There is a similar sport called Racketball,

sometimes referred to as British Racketball, which is completely different to American

Racquetball.

Put simply, it is played almost exactly the same as Squash, but with different equipment

to make the ball easier to play.

It was recently renamed Squash 57 to distinguish it from American Racquetball.

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