Sports

Racquetball- the forgotten extreme sport
by Ivana Macakova

In the last twenty years racquetball wasn`t so spread as it is going nowadays. Now a lot of people appear this sport. This game is not only about the racquet and balls. You have to have a big endurance because it include also sprinting, diving on hard floors and a lot of action.The main idea of this sport is to bounce off the ball the front wall and then bounce it twice to your opponent. Then he have to be able to strike it back. To take a point you have to serve. The balls before reaching the front wall they have to be bounced off to the side walls, back walls or the roof. Regarding the equipment for racquetball is minimal. To play you only need the racquet, set of balls and some goggles. Of course if you want to play professionally your equipment will be quite bigger. The prices are quite kindly. All basic equipment you can buy for about $40. But of course, racquetball clubs offer you the possibility to rent it for around $3.When you have all necessary equipment, the other step is to find the sport place, where they have the racquetball courts. The price for renting the courts for one hour during which you can give about 2 or 3 games are around $10.The best way how to go play racquetball is to have a friend who are also interested in this sport. But if you don`t have any, it doesn`t matter. In local establishment you certainly should find anyone who also find the opponent for the game. There are also knowledge people who clear up to you the basics of the game, who help you to improve the technique of your game.

related story: http://www.usra.org/Rulebook.aspx

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