"Squash racket" is also a good game of entertainment. It is called the "Squash Racket" with reference to the soft ball used in the game. The historians claim that this game was eventually created and got its origin from England at Harrow school of London. The students of Harrow School began to hit a softer rubber ball against the wall, when they were waiting to use the racket court and thus the game was ultimately created. The first squash court has been recorded originated from England at Harrow school at London. Squash racket is an indoor game that is played amongst two players (for singles) or four players (for doubles) in a four-walled court. The first "British Open Championship" for men was conducted in 1930 by "Squash Racket Association" that was related the British. Every game has its own rules and regulations. The elementary tactic to play the game is to hit the ball straight up the side walls to the back corners and then to move to the centre of the court near the "T" to be well placed to retrieve the opponent's return. A ball landing on either the out line or the line above the tin is considered to be "out". The ball may also be struck against any of the other three walls before reaching the front wall. The equipments that are used in the game arethe racket and a hollow rubber ball. Previously these rackets were made of laminated timber but now a day these are generally prepared with metals like Graphite, titanium, boron etc or some amalgamated materials. The string of the racket is made of synthetic material. The weight of Modern rackets measures between 4-7 ounces. The maximum strung area of the racket is 500 square centimeters and the length of the racket measures about 70 cm or 27 inches. Two pieces of rubber compound are stick together to form the hollow sphere of the ball. After that a matte finished is planed over it. Bounce of the ball depends upon the material used in it, although it is higher at high temperature. The ball has to be warmed up by bouncing them on the ground before initiating the game. The level of bounciness of the ball is indicated by the small dots present on it like the yellow dots indicates Super slow, green indicates slow, red shows medium where as blue indicates fast bounce and so on. Now a day various balls concerned with different standard companies are available in the market. The floor of the court is divided into half, which in turn are divided into two rear "quarter courts" and two "service boxes". As far as the dress code, men generally wear shorts and t-shirts while women use skirt and t-shirt or they may use the sports dress. Polycarbonate lenses are also suggested to use for the eye protection. Normally the competition matches ends with best of five and each game consists of 9 points. But rules and games could be modified subtly to hold up the time. Then the game could end at best out of three. Heather McKay and Jahangir Khan (1980s); Jansher Khan (1990s) are considered as the greatest female and male player respectively. There are about 148 countries in the world having the courts. Now a day Squash is getting popular and has a universal appeal.
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