Knowra Squash Squash Squash is a racket sport played by two players, or sometimes four, in an enclosed court. Players alternate striking a small rubber ball against the front wall, aiming to make it unreturnable.
Squash court : An enclosed court with front, side, and back walls, marked with lines that define legal play. Its walls and boundary lines determine where squash shots may travel.
Racket sport : A sport in which players use rackets to strike a ball or shuttlecock. Squash belongs to this broad family of equipment-based sports.
Professional squash : The organized elite level of squash competition, featuring professional tours and international events. It showcases the sport's highest level of tactics, skill, and conditioning.
Racquetball : A racket sport played in an enclosed court where the front, side, and back walls are playable. Unlike squash, racquetball permits shots off the back wall and uses a livelier ball.
Squash rackets : The nineteenth-century English racket game from which modern squash developed. Squash emerged when players adapted this older game to a smaller court and softer ball.
Squash ball : A small hollow rubber ball whose bounce varies with its construction and temperature. Its low bounce and warming during play influence rally pace.
Rally (sports) : A sequence of exchanges in which opponents repeatedly return a ball or shuttlecock. Squash points are built from repeated shots until a player cannot make a valid return.
World Squash Championships : The principal individual world championship tournament in squash, organized by the sport's international governing body. The tournament determines world champions in the sport's leading individual event.
Real tennis : An indoor racket sport played on an asymmetrical court with galleries and sloping penthouses. Its elaborate court and playable architectural features differ sharply from squash's plain box.
Harrow School : An English public school founded in 1572 in Harrow, London. Students at Harrow are associated with the early development of squash in the nineteenth century.
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