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Squash, sometimes called squash rackets, is a racket sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.
Squash tennis is played in various four-walled courts. The front wall (against which the ball is served) features a telltale (usually clad in tin) at the bottom couple feet from the floor, a service line about 6 feet (1.8 m) from the floor, and an out-of-bounds line around 16 feet (4.9 m) from the floor.
Doubles squash was first played at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia in 1907. [1] Today there are four major doubles organizations overseeing the sport in North America and more than 15,000 players: Squash Canada, U.S. Squash, the ISDA (International Squash Doubles Association) and the WDSA (Women's Doubles Squash Association).
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By the mid-1990s, the vast majority of squash players in North America had switched to playing the international version of the game. In 1996, 80% of squash ball sales in the United States were of the international-format balls. [2] Though hardball squash is no longer a very popular game for singles play, the hardball doubles game continues to ...
The top 8 teams compete for the Potter Cup while the next 8 teams compete for the Hoehn Cup. The two most prominent conferences that sponsor and have full participation in college squash are the Ivy League and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). [2] Schools of every conference compete together regularly.
The Professional Squash Association, aka PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the ATP and the WTA for tennis. [1] The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA World Tour involves over 250 tournaments annually around the world.
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