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Players of all proficiency are welcome to participate in the various squash events offered throughout the year. Activities include: squash socials, inter-club competition with an A/B team and a C team, exhibition matches with invited professional players and the Club championship.

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Squash, especially when played by the world’s best pros, is a fast-moving, high-intensity game. Follow the action with this guide to the game’s basic rules and strategy and learn what it means to “control the T” and “play the ball deep.”

BASIC RULES• The ball may bounce only once• The ball may hit any number of walls, side-by-side or

back, but the ball must hit the front wall once• The ball must stay within the court boundaries (below

the outlines at the top of the wall and above the tin at the bottom of the front wall)

• After hitting the ball, the player must make his best effort to get out of his opponent’s way

THE SERVEThere are no free service faults in squash, as there are in tennis. The server is allowed only one attempt to hit a good serve. If it’s out, the serve changes hands. The server continues to serve until he has made a fault or lost a rally. See scoring below for how scoring is treated on the serve, as there are two different methods.

When the receiver becomes the server, he has the choice of sides of the court from which to serve. He then alternates sides until he loses the point.

SCORING A match is a best-of-five-game competition, meaning the first player to win three games, wins the match.There are two methods of scoring, both of which will be used at this event:

Traditional Game By traditional rules, only the player who is serving can score points. This is known as “hand-in/hand-out” scoring. Once the server makes a service fault or loses a rally, the serve goes to the opposing player (“hand-out”).The traditional game is won by scoring nine points. If the scoring reaches an eight-point tie, the receiver decides whether the game is played t o nine points (known as “set one”), or to ten points (“set two”). The first player to score the final point wins.

Point-a-Rally Game The Professional Squash Association (PSA) men’s tour uses a point-a-rally (PAR) scoring method. In PAR scoring, the player who wins the rally is awarded the point, regardless of who is serving. If the receiver wins the point, the serve changes hands. If the sever wins the point, he continues to serve. Also, if the server faults on the serve, the point is awarded to the receiver and the serve changes hands. The PAR game is played to 11 points. If the scoring reaches a 10-10 tie, a tie-breaker is played until one player wins by two points.

REFEREE CALLS“Hand–Out” Player who served the last point is now the receiver because he has lost the last point.“Let” or “Yes, Let” Point will be played over again usually because one player was in the other’s way. “No Let” Referee does not think the player could have gotten to the ball before it bounced twice.“Stroke” Referee awards a point to the player who requested let. Usually because the player had a winning opportunity.

HOW TO WIN 1 Controlling the “T”

Allows players to be in the best receiving position and the best position to hit attacking shots off balls hit away from sidewalls.

2 Keeping the Ball Tight to the Side Wall Means that your opponent will have limited shot selection, will be unlikely to attack, and may hit a loose ball (a “set-up”).

3 Playing the Ball Deep Or “hitting the ball good length” keeps your oppo-nent in a defensive position and allows you to attack to the front of the court.

4 Attacking Shots Are usually hit to the front corners.

THE COURT INTERNATIONAL:

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The “T” The strategic center of the court. Players vie for this position.

Service Box At least one foot must be in the box when serving.

Back Wall Most are glass and out line is 7' high.

Front Wall 15' high. Lines are out and the ceiling is not in play.

Side Wall Out line slopes from top of front wall to top of back wall.

Tin 19" high. All balls must clear the tin.

Service Line Serves must be above this line.

Service Lines These border the two “service areas.” A serve must go into the opposite service area to be good.

INTERESTING SQUASH FACTS• A squash racquet is the same length as the

average tennis racquet but weighs just a little more than a badminton racquet.

• The average length of a squash match is 45 – 50 minutes. The longest professional match was 2 hours and 46 minutes and lasted only four games!

• A study in Europe in the mid-eighties showed that professional squash required the highest degree of cardiovascular fitness of any ball sport in the world. Water polo was second and soccer was third.

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