Rules of Sport

Racquetball Rules In the annals of sport, Racquetball emerged from the inventive mind of Joe Sobek circa 1950. Sobek, a luminary in American tennis and squash, harbored a vision to birth a game seamlessly amalgamating the essences of squash, handball, and paddleball, a pursuit aimed at swift and facile assimilation. RACQUETBALL Originally christened as paddle rackets, the game's doctrines found formalization in 1952. The sport burgeoned through the utilization of America's 40,000 YMCA and JCC (Jewish Community Center) handball courts. In 1969, the establishment of the International Racquetball Association (regrettably acronymized as IRA) ensued, culminating in recognition by the US Olympic Committee. Presently, the player cohort stands at approximately six million racquetball enthusiasts, alongside a sizable following for racketball, a less kinetic variant hailing from the UK. Object of the Game Racquetball's quintessence lies in accruing points through triumphant ex...