it was similar to having a rubber ball as in
tennis, rather putting the ball across a net
they used to smash it against a wall of concrete,
the hotter the ball the hotter the more bounce
it had and one of the major differences between
squash and tennis was the size of the balls
used it the respective games.
There were many
controversies against the sport but in 1923
a squash rackets association was formed in Great
Britain with its specific rules and regulation
in order to protect the sport. The sport expanded
and was adopted globally. The key strategy in
squash was dominating the” T”, which
was a line near the court where the two players
are in great position in order to retrieve the
shot from each other.
In Europe squash singles
and doubles are played with a different size
courts and much tougher balls. Though the game
is now loosing much of its popularity in Europe.
England, itself has the highest no of squash
courts estimating around 8000 plus, followed
by Germany and Netherlands which also hold a
large no of courts. All in all squash associations
and many of the players are trying their best
for many years for the sport to be accepted
in the Olympic Games, but so far it’s
not accepted.
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