Hinders are called when you or your opponent get in the way of a shot or swing. Hinders are called to prevent getting hit by the ball or with the racquet. In this video, Rocky Carson demonstrates the various types of hinders that can occur during play.
Calling penalty hinders during a racquetball match plays an important part of keeping racquetball a fair and honest game. A penalty hinder does not necessarily have to be an intentional act. There are many types of penalty hinders, but the most common falls under Rule 3.15 (a) Failure to Move.
This series of racquetball instructional videos by Malia Bailey teaches the basics needed to get started playing racquetball.
The most current official racquetball rulebook (pdf file) can be downloaded from the teamusa.org website or from this link: Downloadable/Printable Rulebook-2023 Version. The most significant changes were increasing the length of timeouts to one-minute, but limiting players to two timeouts per game and decreasing the amount of time between games two and three to 2 […]