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Squash
A Brief Overview:
Squash is an indoor
racquet-and-ball game that is similar to handball. Two players, or four
players in doubles, use racquets with small, round heads and thin necks
to take alternate turns hitting a small, black, rubber ball against the
front wall of a special court.
The singles court
is 32 ft (9.8 m) long and 18.5 ft (5.6 m) wide; the doubles court is 45
ft (13.7 m) long and 25 ft (7.6 m) wide. To play, the server puts the
ball in play while having one foot in the service area.
The serve must hit
above the service line on the front wall and rebound so that it hits the
floor beyond the service-court line in the opposite half of the court.
The server scores points until the service is lost.
Service is lost when
the server fails to hit the ball before it bounces twice, when the ball
hits the "telltale" (a metal strip 17 in/43.2 cm high at the bottom of
the front wall), or when the server sends the ball above the play line.
A game ends at 9 points;
if the score is tied at 8-8, play may be extended to 9 or 10 points.
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