bayside squash and leisure centre

Squash is played on a court which is enclosed by four walls on an unsealed, hardwood, sprung floor. The tin or board at the base of the front wall is all that remains of the net used in other racket sports from which squash developed. The first enclosed squash courts were built between 1860 and 1890 and were made entirely of wood. There are two lines on the front wall, the cut line (480 mm from floor) and the out-of-court line (4620mm from floor). The out of court line continues along the other walls. On the ground there are the half court line, the short line and the service boxes from where the service is hit.

The most basic rule of squash is that the ball must hit and rebound off the front wall above the tin and below the out-court line. It can be hit directly to the front or rebounded off the side or back walls. Only the server can score. It the receiver wins a rally, he or she wins the service and the opportunity to score. A match is usually the best of five games. The player who reaches nine points first with a margin of two wins a game.