Squash Rules

SQUASH

Squash sport is played in an indoor court game, the purpose of squash is to make a small rubber ball bounce two times on the floor before the challenger can hit it back. So, yes squash is played by multi-players. Even Though you can play doubles, as a three, or even with dozens of people on the court at the same time in three-quarter games.
In this particular game, you have to be exceptionally quick to get to the rubber ball but you also have to be extremely patient to keep getting that ball back again and again, especially when it can travel as fast as 270kmh.
Apart from being physically fit, you also must be as smart as a chess player, evaluating up your shot options, the positioning of your challenger, and much more, and that all in a second.
There are some basic rules for bouncing the ball, like the ball can hit the front wall immediately or it can hit the sidewall or the back wall prior to hitting the front wall, but it always has to hit the front wall before the floor. In that way, you can hit the ball across the walls in all kinds of patterns to trick your foe.
Let us find out the complete guide of the squash rules below

SQUASH RULES

The focus of this game is to hit the ball off the back wall until you manage to make your opponent fail in returning the ball. Every time you do that you will receive a point. Points make up sets, which in turn conclude the winner of the match.
Some general squash Rules;

Players & Equipment

Squash is played between two people in a square or rectangular box-like room. All you require to start playing squash is a squash racket that is like a tennis racket but has a slightly smaller head size and a squash ball. The squash ball is around 2 and a half inches in diameter and is made up of rubber. There are 5 different speeds of squash ball ranging from super slow (competition standard) to fast (more beginner standard). The ball is commonly low bouncing, especially the super slow balls, which make it tough to return the ball. There are many lines on a squash court. The first line is outlined that runs across the top of the back wall and down the sides of the sidewall. Any ball reaching outside this area is considered out and a point is given to your challenger. A board runs along the bottom of the back wall which is exactly the ‘net’. If the ball hits into the board then it is considered a foul. 3 feet above the board is the service line. All serves must hit above this line for it to be a genuine serve. The back of the court is divided into two rectangular sections where a player must start from before each point. A service box is in each section and a player is expected to have at least one foot in while they serve or are waiting to receive the serve.

Scoring

Scoring a point can come one of 4 ways, the ball bounces twice before your challenger hits the ball, the ball hits the backboard (or net), the ball goes outside the outline of a player causes intervention deliberately to block their opponents from getting the ball. There are two methods of scoring in Squash
The 11-point PAR scoring system is now the official scoring system in professional ranks and most nonprofessional games.

Winning the Game

To win the game, you have to achieve the necessary volumes of sets established before the start of the match. Most sets are best of 5 games, so the first to that number wins.

Rules for playing Squash game

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