![]() ![]() In 2003, the USRA again renamed itself to USA Racquetball (USAR), to mirror other Olympic sports associations, even though Racquetball is not an Olympic sport. Eventually, the IRA became the American Amateur Racquetball Association (AARA) in late 1995, it renamed itself as the United States Racquetball Association (USRA). The IRA was a founding member of the International Racquetball Federation (IRF). Racquetball racket professional#For a period of time in the 1970s, the NRC and the IRA both offered competing "Amateur" and "Professional" tournaments, but by the late 1970s the NRC was focused on the professional game while the IRA became focused on the amateur side, and became recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the official National Governing Body (NGB) of the sport. ![]() In 1973, after a dispute with the IRA board of directors, Kendler formed a competing organization called the National Racquetball Club (NRC), which eventually became the dominant professional tour in the 1970s. That same year, the IRA assumed the national championship from the NPRA. Handball Association (USHA), the International Racquetball Association (IRA) was founded using the name coined by Bob McInerney, a professional tennis player. Kendler, the president-founder of the U.S. The new sport was rapidly adopted and became popular through Sobek's continual promotion of it he was aided by the existence of some 40,000 handball courts in the country's YMCAs and Jewish Community Centers, wherein racquetball could be played. In February 1952, Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association (NPRA), codified the rules, and had the rules printed as a booklet. He designed the first strung paddle, devised a set of rules, based on those of squash, handball, and paddleball, and named his game paddle rackets. ![]() A professional tennis and American handball player, Sobek sought a fast-paced sport that was easy to learn and play. Joe Sobek is credited with inventing the sport of racquetball in the Greenwich, Connecticut, YMCA, though not with naming it. It is also very similar to the British sport Squash 57, which was called racketball before 2016 (see below for a comparison). The sport is very similar to 40×20 American handball, which is played in many countries. Racquetball is played between various players on a team who try to bounce the ball with the racquet onto the ground so it hits the wall, so that an opposing team’s player cannot bounce it back to the wall. Also, the court's walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces, with the exception of court-specific designated hinders being out-of-bounds. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to hit the ball over, and, unlike squash, no tin (out of bounds area at the bottom of front wall) to hit the ball above. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Any racket weighing more than 280g will not meet the specification requirements for SQUASH57.Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Any racket longer than 22” (558.8mm) will not meet the specification requirements for American Racquetball, Australian Racquetball or SQUASH57. The details are contained in the SQUASH57 Rules, a link to which can be found above. The SQUASH57 racket has the same length specification as both the American Racquetball racquet and the Australian Racquetball racquet. We encourage players at all levels to play within the rules and thus promote fairness, which in turn leads to increased enjoyment and camaraderie.įrom a practicality standpoint, longer rackets result in faster balls and increased risks thus potentially making our sports more intimidating to new players including segments that are important to the long-term health and enjoyment of our sports. The WSF has a clear and open process that enables our rules to evolve in the best interest of our sports and believes that the introduction of products made outside the specifications, as stated in the official rules, are counter to the best interests of our sports. Players stepping onto a squash court will expect to be on an equal footing with their opponents and that they will be playing by the same official rules thus ensuring ‘fair play’. ![]()
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