Rules to play Racquetball

1. As with any sport or serious physical activity, you will want to prepare your body to ensure it will be at peak performance. This will help you play better but also keep you from injury or illness.Stretch and warm up. This will loosen your muscles and reduce the risk of injury. It will also help your coordination once the game has started.Eat well and hydrate. Eating healthy foods will give you the energy for playing and hydration is key to peak .....

Understand the objective and rules

2. Understand and be sure the other players understand the objective of the game before playing. A poor understanding of the game will slow down gameplay and lead to tension and arguments between players.Read the official rules of the game and watch videos of others playing. This is a great way to thoroughly understand the game before you play. .....

Practice

3. You can practice on your own before playing with others. This will help you to play your best when its time for a game. You can practice at home if you have a large enough area and a very solid wall or you can practice at a gym or community center.Coaches and classes are often available at gyms and community centers as well, if you want to improve your game even further before playing with others. .....

Gather equipment

4. You will need particular equipment to play racquetball properly. Equipment can be purchased at sports stores, rented, or borrowed from a gym or community center. Be sure that your equipment is in good condition and appropriate for the sport.A racquet. You will need a racquetball racquet. This is a slightly different shape than a tennis racquet, so be sure to pay attention. These cost anywhere between $20 $200, depending on personal preference.Bal .....

Find a court

5. You will need an appropriate place to play a match. The easiest place to find a racquetball court will be at a gym or community center. Local universities may also have appropriate facilities, as well as clubs specifically for racquetball. Find a local racquetball association to get more information about the facilities available in your area, as well as events in which you can participate. .....

Get players

6. You will need other people to play with. You can find these people in a variety of ways. Friends, business associates, or other serious players can make great partners and opposing teams. Decide before which style of racquetball you wish to play, as this will determine how your team is formed.Singles. Two players will play against each other.Doubles. Four players will play against each other, two to a team.Cut throat. Three players will play, all .....

Begin the game by serving the ball

7. The player may make the serve from anywhere within the service zone, including but not over the line. The ball should bounce and then immediately be hit by the player. .....

Know about fault serves

8. There are certain serves which should be avoided by players. These serves can result in a hand out (the player losing the serve). Two fault serves are necessary to result in a hand out.Foot fault when a player steps outside of the service zone before the ball has crossed the line. Short serve when the ball hits the front wall but bounces off the floor before crossing the line.Three wall serve this occurs when the ball hits the front wall but .....

Avoid out serves

9. Out serves, unlike fault serves, automatically result in a hand out and should be absolutely avoided. Examples of out serves include Missed attempt this is when the server swings at the served ball but misses entirely.Non front wall serve any serve where the ball does not hit the front wall first.Touched serve this occurs when the ball bounces off of the front wall but hits the server or their racquet before hitting the floor. .....

Rally with your opponent

10. Rallies are any continuous pass of the ball after it has been served. Rallies are generally won when the opposing player makes a poor return by allowing the ball to skip on the ground twice or hitting the ball against the floor without first hitting the front wall.A rally can also be lost when a a player switches racquet hands during a rally, carries or slings the ball with the racquet, touches the ball with their body, or causes the ball to leav .....

Get your grip straight

11. How the racquet is gripped can have a serious effect on gameplay. Two grips are acceptable and each is used to hit the ball in different ways. The method will depend upon your skill and the way in which the ball has been hit towards you.Forehand grip. Hold the racquet the same way you would shake someones hand and then curl your fingers around it. There should be a slight space between your fingertips and the heel of your palm. Your fingers shoul .....

Practice your strokes

12. Depending on your grip style, you will use the according stroke (or method of hitting the ball). Different strokes achieve different ball movements and should be used as is appropriate. The stance for both is similar knees should be bent and loose, legs should be placed a shoulder width apart, and torso should be parallel with the side walls.Forehand stroke. This should be done similar to a baseball swing, with one knee lowering to the ground bu .....

Shot types

13. In order to make the ball go in particular directions across the court, you will have to hit it against the different walls in different ways. Knowing the different shots will allow you better control of the ball as well as giving you the tools you need to defeat your opponents. Ball height. For any given shot, it is important to understand the different heights at which a ball can be hit. Aiming low, just a few inches off the ground, is called a .....

Starting Play

14. You serve to start play. The server usually gets two chances to put the ball in play. If you miss badly enough, you only get one chance. .....

Playing the Game

15. After a good serve, you have to keep the rally going. Its simpler than serving. Theres just two things you have to do You have to hit the ball before it bounces twice.You have hit front wall before hitting the floor.Remember, only the server scores a point. If the returner wins a rally, they get to serve. .....

Racquet Length

16. The racquet, including the bumper guard and all solid parts of the handle except the tether, may not exceed 22 3/8 inches (56.9 cm) in length. .....

Illegal Racquet

17. Using an illegal racquet will result in a technical against the offender. Asking for a measurement will result in a delay of game technical against the person asking for the measurement, if the measured racquet is legal. .....

Additional Rule 6 3 Front Wall Lines

18. Two parallel lines (tape may be used) should be placed across the front wall such that the bottom edge of one line is 3 feet above the floor and the bottom edge of the other line is 1 foot above the floor. At all times, any ball that hits the front wall (i) below the 3 foot line and (ii) either on or above the 1 foot line must be returned before it bounces a third time. However, if the ball hits below the 1 foot line, it must be returned before .....

Warm up time

19. Warm up time for singles shall not exceed (5) five minutes. Warm up time for doubles teams will be (5) five minutes for each team. .....

Toss

20. The server has two opportunities to put the ball into play. The player or team winning the coin toss has the option to either serve or receive at the start of the first game. The second game will begin in reverse order of the first game. The player or team scoring the highest total of points in games 1 and 2 will have the option to serve or receive first at the start of the tiebreaker. In the event that both players or teams score an equal number .....

Manner

21. Remove and replace with After taking a set position inside the service zone, a player may begin the service motion any continuous movement which results in the ball being served. During the service motion, the ball may not be bounced anywhere but on the floor within the service zone. The ball must directly bounce on the floor in the service zone and on the first bounce be struck by the servers racquet so that it hits the front wall first and on .....

Readiness

22. Once a rally has ended, the players are given a reasonable amount of time (according to the judgment of the referee) to return to their respective positions, and then the score is called. If the server or receiver is, in the referees opinion, taking too much time in commencing play, that player will be assessed with a Loss of point penalty.i) The 10 second rule applies to the server and receiver simultaneously. Collectively, they are allowed up t .....

Partner

23. (a) In doubles if the servers partner is not in the service box with both feet on the floor and back to the side wall from the time the server begins the service motion until the ball passes the short line.(b) A served ball that hits the doubles partner while in the doubles box results in a fault serve. In Open play (one serve), this fault may be replayed one time only, per service. The second instance, on the same serve, will result in a hand ou .....

Injury

24. Add at the end of the rule Muscle cramps and pulls, fatigue and other ailments that are not caused by direct contact (such as with the ball, racquet, wall or floor) will not be considered an injury. .....