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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 striking the ball with their rackets, directing it onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.
World Squash, formerly World Squash Federation, is the international federation for the indoor racket sport of squash. [1] It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee . [ 2 ] It is also a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations .
Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia, the United States Squash Racquets Association was the world's first squash organization.As the first association to define and regulate the sport, it set rules about play, the ball, and the court.
Squash tennis is an American variant of squash, one played with a ball and racquets that are more similar to the equipment used for lawn tennis, and with somewhat different rules. [1] The game offers the complexity of squash and the speed of racquetball .
Table squash is a sport for two players which is an evolution of table tennis and uses similar rules and equipment. The game is played by placing a table tennis table against a playing wall with the net remaining on the table perpendicular to the wall.
Squash Doubles Court Specifications. Squash Doubles is a variant of the racket sport squash played by four people in two-person teams. Doubles squash was first played at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia in 1907. [1]
The World Squash Championships are squash events, which since the early 1990s have been held annually for both men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia.
The Calcutta Racket Club is a squash and racquet club in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1793, making it one of the oldest rackets clubs in the world, and the first in the subcontinent. [1] [2] Of its seven squash courts, two are glass-backed international standard tournament courts.