Squash balls vary in size based on how bouncy you want the ball to be. The racquets are heavier in weight between 150-185g and have a hitting area between 645 and 806cm2. They vary between 19 inches and 22 inches in length, 9.5 to 11.5 inches in width and about an inch deep. Racquetball racquets are shorter and wider. They can often come in 2 forms, ‘traditional’ which is the rounder style of racket used for control, and ‘teardrop’ which has longer strings for more power. They vary in weight from as little as 90g to around 145g and have a hitting area of up to 500cm2. I’d use the term ‘racket’ if I were you because that seems to be the way the word is going for both sports.Ī squash racket can be no bigger than 27 inches, no wider than 8.46 inches (very specific) and is often about an inch deep. In Racquetball you will use a racquet, whereas in squash, you often use a squash racket.Ī big ‘but’ however because, while I say ‘racquet’ is the old english way of saying it, in England, racquetball is written ‘racketball’ and you use a ‘racket’. Historically, ‘racquet’ is the old English way of writing the word whereas racket is the modernized version.

He mixed squash, American handball and tennis amongst other sports to develop the sport as it is played today. Racquetball was created by American Joe Sobek in 1950. The history of squash goes even further than that as it came from the game of rackets created in Fleet prison in the early 1700s. Squash is far older, developed in the 1830s in a posh school in Harrow, England. Racquetball uses a shorter, wider racket to hit a larger, bouncier ball around a far bigger court. The key difference between squash and racquetball is squash uses a narrower, longer racket to hit a smaller, slower ball inside the lines of the court. What’s the difference between squash and racquetball? They use different racquets/rackets (we’ll get there), different balls, different courts and even have different rules. Squash and racquetball are not the same sport. So now we can focus on squash and racquetball! In the coming sections, I’ve gathered all the information you need to know about whether you want to play squash or racquetball, maybe even both! Is squash the same as racquetball?

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