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- Overview
- How to play the game
- Which Ball?
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HOW TO PLAY THE GAME |
Introduction
Squash is a racket sport played by two players hitting the ball alternately, so that the ball strikes the front wall either directly or off a side or back wall. Only one bounce is allowed on the floor after the ball has hit the front wall, but may be volleyed, i.e. hit before it bounces.
There are two important lines on the court - the Out of Court line and the Tin. The playing area is restricted to the area marked by the Out of Court line. If the ball hits any wall above or on these lines, the striker loses the rally. Similarly, if the ball hits the front wall below the level of the Tin, the point is lost. All other lines on the court apply to service only.
Service
Play commences with a service. The player to serve first is decided by the spin of a racket. Thereafter, the server continues serving until losing a rally, when the opponent becomes the server ("hand in"), and the server becomes receiver.
The player who wins the preceding game serves first in the next game.
At the beginning of each game and when the service changes from one player to the other, the server can serve from the right or left service box. After winning a rally, the server then continues serving from the opposite box.
When serving, a player stands with at least part of one foot on the floor within the service box. For a service to be good, the ball is served directly onto the front wall above the service line and below the out line so that on its return, unless volleyed, the ball reaches the floor within the back quarter of the court opposite to the server’s box.
Scoring
A match is usually the best of five games. Each game is usually to nine points, unless the score reaches eight-all. At eight-all the receiver (non-server) must choose to play either to nine points (known as "Set One") or to ten points (known as "Set Two"). There is no requirement that a player needs to be two points ahead to win a game.
Points are scored only by the server. When the server wins a rally, the server scores a point; when the receiver wins a rally, the receiver then becomes the server.
A Rally
After a good service has been delivered, the players hit the ball in turn until one player fails to make a good return.
A rally consists of a service and a number of good returns. A rally ends when a player, 1) fails to return the ball to the front wall above the Tin, 2) hits the ball above the Out of Court line, 3) fails to hit the ball before the second bounce, 4) stops to ask for a "Let". A "Let" is an undecided rally as a result of interference.
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