Are you often getting hit by the ball in the back of your legs or in your back? Do you often have large red circular raised welts in your skin which slowly turn into black bruises? Are you are standing directly in front of your opponent while they are hitting the ball? Do you look […]
Posted below is the wikipedia.org entry for racquetball. Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court. Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and […]
Download PDF version of How_to_Play_Racquetball TYPES OF GAMES Racquetball is played by two (singles) or four players (doubles). A variation of the game that is played by three players is called cut-throat. In cut-throat, one player serves and the other two players are his/her opponents. If the server wins the rally, they score a point. […]
John Ellis explains the rules behind the service box lines and the 5 foot encroachment line. A good serve must pass the service line. The server cannot leave the service box until the serve passes the service line. The serve returner cannot strike the served ball until it crosses the dashed 5-foot encroachment line.