Talk:Racquetball

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does anyone have any numbers on calorie burning, much like the squash entry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.228.242.71 (talk) 18:36, 30 June 2004 (UTC)

The number of calories is largely dependent on how hard you play and your style, but I have read it can be about as high as squash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.234.155 (talk) 15:04, 22 April 2005 (UTC) Danny likes this sports. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 240B:10:8B81:F000:D0D2:A4A6:802E:3CE4 (talk) 14:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Three Wall Rule
A Serve which hits the front wall, followed by two sides walls before hitting ground is a fault (commonly called three-wall serve). 

Jcgarcow 18:58, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Hitting the ball
A ball is returned by hitting the front wall, hits the back wall without bouncing and then bounces and hits the front wall without being touched. Can it now be hit off the front wall before it bounces or is it a dead ball once it hits the front wall?

Yes, it is still a fair hit. It only becomes a dead ball if it hits the ground twice. It can touch the walls as much as its speed allows. If it touched the ground after touching the front wall in your example, then it would be a dead ball.


 * BUT, only if the rally is already started. Such a condition on a serve would be a back-wall hit, and therefore a fault serve.  And, while I'd love to be contradicted, I've never seen this happen - I wonder if there's enough power to get from front to back to front in one hit without touching ground using regulation equipment.  (And please remember to sign posts with four tildes!)  74.134.100.173 (talk) 03:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Very much possible, and it happens all the time when I play. Also, I agree with Archer3, it is not counted as a return, the front wall is treated as any other wall would be in this case. Aceshigher (talk) 07:16, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

FOLLOW-UP Question... Who would be responsible for the next hit in this situation? Is it the player that did NOT last hit the ball or does that second touch on the front wall count as this same player's return and is therefore the original hitter's turn to hit it again?


 * No it doesn't count as a return. It's the next player's shot. Archer3 04:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Handball Disambiguation
I've moved the handball link to the disambiguation page to American Handball. To my mind it is the best fit - please change if not. Ideally not back to the disambiguation page! LeeG 16:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, on Joe Sobek, I have removed the link to the disambiguation handball page, as we have already referred to the American Handball page. If Mr Sobek was a player of Team_handball rather than American_handball please correct. LeeG 16:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

If anybody's watching this page, I was responsible for the anonymous deletion today. I didn't realize I wasn't signed in. The paragraph I removed was poorly written and irrelevant.--Btwied 06:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know...
What if I hit my opponent with the ball? Is it a judgement call or just a re-play? Ex: If they were blocking my shot it's my point, but if they had allowed reasonable space and I still hit them it's their point? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.188.147.225 (talk) 08:20, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hinders and avoidable hinders are often judgment calls. If you hit your opponent with the ball in the situation described - i.e., the opponent gave you enough space to get the ball to the front wall directly - then the question would be whether the ball would have gotten to the front wall if it had not hit the opponent. If the answer to that question is yes, then it would (likely) be a replay, if the answer is no, then it would (likely) not be a replay (a possible situation like this could happen if you were to go for a pinch shot when your opponent has given you the whole front wall to shoot at). Trb333 (talk) 05:45, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

... what is the correct way to proceed when the ball hits the crack(joint) of the floor and any of the walls, including the front wall? When it hits there, it tends to shoot straight outward, just a few inches off the floor, and is impossible to return. Is this considered a lucky kill shot, or a dead ball? Since it involves simultaneous contact with the wall AND the floor, I'm just not sure. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.237.89 (talk) 19:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a live ball. Concerning the front wall, it's actually what you strive to get: a rollout. Archer3 (talk) 04:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * This is not true; after being struck, the ball must hit the front wall first. If the ball hits the front wall and the floor simultaneously it is a dead ball. If this occurs on a serve it is a side-out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.134.37.1 (talk) 12:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


 * However, if it hits off the front wall crack and when it hits the floor again and it bounces nearly straight up, the ball hit the floor first hence an out and the opponent of the server gets the serve. Mac (talk) 18:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * An easy way to tell if this happens is generally there is a distinctive squeak if it hit the ground first, no squeak if it didn't. Aceshigher (talk) 07:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * After you hit the ball, if it strikes your opponent before it hits the front wall or floor you will replay the point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:340:C402:2300:18A3:11E9:5EA1:EE6C (talk) 01:11, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Does anyone know...(if you do please edit the main article) Is a shot during a rally that hits the front wall and then the back wall before hitting the ground "in" or "out". The main article says that on serve this is a fault, but what about after the serve?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.106.50 (talk) 16:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The ball is in, see discussion above.Aceshigher (talk) 07:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Service
Question regarding the article which states "There are also service violations that result in an out." Perhaps we mean a "service fault"? Or maybe it is an "out"? However, I though an "out" means that you lose your serve immediately (even if you had a second service) but that a "fault" means you may be able to take your second service (if applicable of course) --FR Soliloquy 16:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

An out does mean you lose your serve immediately. That was intended there, as those serve examples result in loss of serve. I believe that those serve cases (not including second fault serve) are considered more extreme or larger mistakes and thus warrant the immediate loss of serve. RRLevering (talk) 17:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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I think a hinder and a screen (or is it called a blind) should be included in the article. From my understanding, a hinder is when a player unintentionally gets in the other player's way resulting in not returning the ball effectively or at all. It is a simple redo. A screen happens when the server blocks the receiver's view by serving from the middle of the court, toward the middle of the front wall, resulting in passing very close to the server and blocking the receiver's view of the ball till after is passes the server. Also a redo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.59.102 (talk) 21:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Picture?
What is with the tiny tiny picture? 87.192.130.223 (talk) 22:08, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Minor Edit
In the world championships section, I changed the United States' description from "best" historically to "winning and hosting the most tournaments" historically. No offense, I love my country, but "best" seemed a little patriarchal. 74.134.100.173 (talk) 03:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Deleted text
Someone added "a game only gurls play". I removed it. --Sparkticus (talk) 20:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Great Players
I think someone should add names of players to the article like Anthony E. from California. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.154.252.76 (talk) 13:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Joke Stuff
Seems to this reader that the references to Justin Hodges are a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.244.163.200 (talk) 18:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree, and I've removed two of those sentences. Trb333 (talk) 18:06, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Major revision
Whoever revised the article and removed a bunch of information I undid it because you deleted a wealth of useful informative text, if you feel the need to reword it fine but please don't deleted large chunks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.61.222.82 (talk) 17:10, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Too much?
I'm wondering if this article is too long due to the fact that it now includes sections on Rules, Type of Shots and Strategy. The latter two sections seem to be "how to" topics, which the Wikipedia guidelines suggest are not appropriate for Wiki articles. Some rules explanation could be included, but not as much as is there now. Other opinions on this? If others agree, I'd be willing to edit these sections down or omit them. Trb333 (talk) 12:45, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Racquetball v Racketball
These are played on different courts with different equipment and different rules. Sounds to me like they are two different sports and hence should have a page each. MikesPlant (talk) 14:37, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Racquetball v Racketball v Rackets
I'm having a little difficulty in the comparison between Racquetball (which contains a comparison section), racketball (a British variant, which lacks an article), and rackets. I suspect that racketball and rackets may refer to the same sport, but this isn't made clear in the articles that do exist, instead talking as if they're separate sports without actually defining the distinction. &#8212;&#160;CJDOS,&#160;Sheridan,&#160;OR&#160;(talk) 04:29, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Colors
I started playing again and went to my local sport shop to find all different colors. None of the packages had a description so I tried here. Additionally I can find no reference that Wilson donates $1 for each pink package sold, to me this reads like an advertisement. 68.35.88.92 (talk) 13:14, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Frontenis
There is a similar game from Mexico called "frontenis", a mixture of tennis and fronton. I think there ought to be some mention made of this in the article. I'm not familiar enough with either raquetball or frontenis to make the contribution myself. Tmangray (talk) 21:12, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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