| Subject | Date Asked |
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| help | 9/2/2009 |
Q: If you hit the ball and it goes between your legs do you lose the point or is it a replay hinder? ...
A: 1) You cannot use two hands to hold a racquetball racquet. 2) If you call a hinder, play stops ...
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| help | 9/2/2009 |
Q: If you hit the ball and it goes between your legs do you lose the point or is it a replay hinder? ...
A: 1) If you hit the ball and the ball then goes between your legs, it's up to the receiving player to ...
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| Racquetball Doubles | 8/18/2009 |
Q: While playing doubles my partner hits the ball legally striking front wall and one of the opposing ...
A: The ball is *live* until its second bounce. It's *not* a point for the serving team. If you're ...
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| Racquetball Doubles | 8/18/2009 |
Q: While playing doubles my partner hits the ball legally striking front wall and one of the opposing ...
A: In racquetball, the ball is "live" until its second bounce or something else causes the rally to end ...
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| Avoidable hinder | 5/11/2009 |
Q: Rob, the situation is this: right-handed players in a friendly singles match, player A hits a ...
A: Going by the letter of the rulebook, the scenarios below appear to be the relevant passages. (I am ...
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| Avoidable hinder | 5/7/2009 |
Q: Rob, the situation is this: right-handed players in a friendly singles match, player A hits a ...
A: My quick (and uninformed) answer is guided by your first sentence: " ... right-handed players in a ...
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| rules interpretation | 12/1/2008 |
Q: Rob, If an offensive player adopts a stance and backswing to strike the ball and subsequently ...
A: I have a certain response in mind ... but before answering this question, I wanted to verify my ...
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| rules interpretation | 11/14/2008 |
Q: Rob, I've always interpreted the rules of play so that as the offensive player I am entitled to not ...
A: You describe two scenarios: Scenario 1 You want to cut off the ball passing down the left side of ...
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| racquetball speed | 10/8/2008 |
Q: If A players can hit the ball 180 mph, how fast can an intermediate player hit the ball?
A: I doubt "A" players - or at least most of them - can hit the ball 180 mph. If you're referring to ...
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| wrist pain | 9/22/2008 |
Q: I recently began playing racquetball in college. I have no previous experience with racket sports ...
A: Sounds like carpal tunnel (or something near it) - see http://snipurl.com/3sqix. However, I am *not* ...
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| no bounce? | 9/9/2008 |
Q: if my opponent hits the ball and i hit it BEFORE it bounces off of the floor, does this mean that it ...
A: If you choose to hit a ball that's been hit to you BEFORE it hits the floor, it must hit the front ...
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| Rule interpretation | 4/9/2008 |
Q: I regularly play someone who is raising questions about the (d) Moving into the Ball. Moves in the ...
A: There are three rules in play here according to the scenario you describe - one is a replay and the ...
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| Racquetball speed | 4/2/2008 |
Q: How fast can the pro's hit a racquetball? I have heard S. Royster (US Open TV coverage) say the ball ...
A: Interesting question. Before answering your question, I did some light searching on the web, ...
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| Racquetball - Doubles touching racqets | 2/6/2008 |
Q: During a recent doubles match, the opponents both attempted to return a shot and touched racquets. ...
A: A "double hit" only occurs if one of the doubles player (player1) hits the ball and then, AFTER the ...
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| Racquetball - Doubles touching racqets | 2/5/2008 |
Q: During a recent doubles match, the opponents both attempted to return a shot and touched racquets. ...
A: This is a legal return. This has happened about four or five times over the past 20 years when I've ...
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| Racquetball | 1/26/2008 |
Q: Re: Rule 2.1- Is the ball in play when it hits the area above the glass portion of the rear wall ...
A: This question is very similar to the one I answered not that long ago. I'll reprint my reply here ...
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| hitting the back wall | 1/11/2008 |
Q: When the ball hits the back wall above twelve feet is it a dead ball
A: I've never heard of that before. I've played in a variety of courts in the past 20+ years. Courts ...
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| ambidextrousness | 12/9/2007 |
Q: I'm a newer racquetball player with the "blessing" (or curse, in my opinion) of being ambidextrous. ...
A: I've never been asked this question - this is a new one for me. I've reviewed the rules of the USRA ...
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| Squash - One foot over the front line. | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I know your allowed one or two feet inside the serving square box, however my colleague always has ...
A: Although my area of expertise is racquetball - I happen to know the answer to this Q! Your opponent ...
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| Switching hands | 4/24/2007 |
Q: I play in a friendly league and 1 of the players does not have a string attached to his racquet. ...
A: Ian, Good question - your friend's ambidexterity, although admirable, is a moot point because the ...
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| Racquetball hitting the walls. | 4/21/2007 |
Q: My brother says that on a return the ball can only hit one wall before it must strike the back wall. ...
A: I'll need you to rephrase the question by giving me an example. Reason - I am not sure I understand ...
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| racquetball return volley | 1/30/2007 |
Q: Rob - if my opponent hits the ball hard into the front wall and it rebounds high on the back wall ...
A: Before it hits the floor a second time. In order to be able to hit an offensive shot (as opposed to ...
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| rules? | 1/11/2007 |
Q: I was just playing raquetball after work. We ran into a new situation we did not know how to call. ...
A: Andy, Not sure if I understand the scenario - I may need more clarifcation from you if one of my ...
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| racquetball | 12/15/2006 |
Q: I want to buy my wife a new racquet I dont know what to get. she is about 5 feet 10' 235lbs. has ...
A: Chris, Racquets are really a personal decision, kind of like buying a car. I prefer small cars that ...
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| broken strings for a new racket | 11/16/2006 |
Q: I bought a Wilson H 110 squash racket 9 days ago. The racket strings broke when I was playing for ...
A: Although I haven't played suqash in five years (the place I work is building new state of art courts ...
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| racquet stringing | 9/30/2006 |
Q: Rob, I have an ektelon 2700 red that continues to break strings. I have had it srung 3x in ...
A: When strings break frequently, my experience tells me one of two things are going on: 1) The ...
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| 2 Questions | 6/30/2005 |
Q: question 1 During play when the ball hits the back wall and then goes all the way to the front ...
A: Sorry for the delay - was out of town for two weeks (little access to email) and my allexperts.com ...
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| Racquetball Rules | 3/10/2005 |
Q: My question regards avoidable and unavoidavle hindrances. When a player is runnign away from the ...
A: Kyle, Good question. There are several scenarios where a ball hits someone: 1) Player A hits ...
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| rules of squash and racquetball | 1/8/2005 |
Q: Hola Rob; I am a physical and health education student teacher and need to put together an info ...
A: Lisa, The basics for each sport are probably as complex or simple as you want them to be - ...
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| Racquet Selection | 12/17/2004 |
Q: I never thought to hit a ceiling shot and just bring the point back to "nuetral." It is time for ...
A: Seth, Racquet selection is totally a personal thing. For me, I prefer not to overswing so I can ...
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| The "Run up" shot | 12/14/2004 |
Q: I don't know the proper terms for this, but I am getting killed on one particular play against my ...
A: Seth - interesting question. I am trying to visualize your scenario and will attempt to answer ...
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| Racquetball Ettiquette | 2/24/2004 |
Q: Scenario: Playing doubles my partner is shooting and the opponent on my side of the court and I are ...
A: Bill, I just played doubles tonight and my memory is still fresh on this issue. :-) YOu don't have ...
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| Racquetball Racquets | 3/26/2003 |
Q: I used to play back in the late 80's and early 90's and owned an Ektelon Toron, which I actually ...
A: Wow! You're pretty much describing myself except that my "gap" in playing was late 80s through ...
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| Let | 3/15/2002 |
Q: Playing 3 man racquetball - Player A against players B & C - all players are on the left side of the ...
A: Arnold, I always use the term 'avoidable' or 'non-avoidable hinder' instead of "let" so if I refer ...
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| racquet selection | 6/30/2001 |
Q: I'm an A/B player who has traditionally played with Head racquets (most recently the Ti 175+ XL). ...
A: This is coincidence - for years, I've played with heavier (e.g. Ektelon) racquets and just recently ...
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