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Posted on April 1, 2006 by Jason Petrina | Posted under Recreation and Sports
Squash: Racquet Is The Important Equipment
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Squash has actually been around for a very long time, and could be dated back to around 1820 where the basis of the game developed. And squash has been played by over 140 countries since then. There is also another sport that United States spun off of squash and that is racquet ball. In squash you use a longer racquet with a smaller hitting surface and a black small ball. While in racquet ball the racquets are shorter and the hitting surface is also bigger and the ball being used is blue and much bigger around the size of a tennis ball. The racquet ball is also heavier and more bouncy than the squash ball. But squash balls can come in three speeds. And these three speeds are grades by colour; blue, red and yellow. Blue being the fastest ball you can get, to yellow being the slowest ball you can get and red being in between. But for competitive events the yellow ball is the one that is used, as it required more skills to play. Squash is sometimes said to be like human chess. As throughout the whole match the players are trying to get into a better position than the other and then eliminating them with a shot. You can same that about most sports, but in squash players will not easily win matches because they have a strong shot. As in squash it requires strategy over brute strength, it is much easier to play a hard hit compared to a well thought out hit. For a player to win a squash match they will have to win three out of the five games in a match. It is practically a best out of five, which can end up being very long games at a time. Many people have the misconceptions that if you want to get fit then play squash, but it should be the other way around you should be fit to play it. Squash can have two ways of keeping score. The first one would be the first to reach 9 points wins the game. With this method is a different way of winning points. You will first have to win the right to serve first. Only when you have serve and then win a rally will you be given a point. If you do not have possession of serve then you will have to win a rally for the serve in which you will not get a point. This is a relatively longer way of playing squash; competitive tournament will employ the second method of scoring. The second method of scoring is the first to reach 15 points wins. It does not matter if you have served or not you will gain a point if you win the rally. This is generally faster then the first method. In squash there is no such thing as deuce like there is in tennis. To win a game you do not have to win by two points at all time. During a game when both players have both reached either 8-8 or 14-14, then there is two ways to settle the match from there. The person returning the serve will have to pick between two sets. Set 1 will mean next point wins. For 8-8 it would mean the first one to reach 9, and for the 14-14 it means the first one to reach 15. The other method Set 2 will mean the first player to gain two points will win the game. This would be if it is 8-8 the squash game will have to go on till the first player reaches 10, for the 14-14 squash game it would be the first one to frist 16 will win. Squash has always been widely popular in Europe and Asia, while North Americans are just beginning to catch on. But in Canada squash has always been very popular as it was in Canada that United States was first introduced to squash. Especially with players like Jonathon Power whom was ranked number one before, with this personality on the court it will sure attract more North American to the game. Even though they may not have made it on to the list of sports for 2008 Olympics, they will be there as a demonstration sports to try and make it into the 2012 Summer Olympics. And with its increasing popularity it will not be surprising to anyone that squash will soon be on the list of sports to be competed in the Olympics. About The Author: Jason Petrina is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit - www.articleclick.com |
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