Summary  of RACKETBALL Rules

1.Racketball equipment
Racketball is played between two players on a squash court using a
standard racket each, and a ball approved by Scottish Squash & Racketball.

2. Scoring
Matches are the best of 3 or 5 games at the option of the competition organizer. Each game is point a rally scoring to 11 (PAR 11). If the score in a game is tied at 10-10, a player must win by 2 clear points.

3. How to win points
Points can be scored by either player. When a player fails to serve or to make a good return, in accordance with the rules, the opponent wins the point. When the Receiver wins a point, they become the Server and add one to their score.

4. Service
i. The right to serve is decided by the spin of a racket or coin. Thereafter the Server continues to serve until they lose the point, the opponent then becomes the Server.
ii. At the beginning of each game and each hand, the Server has the choice of serving from either service box and shall thereafter alternate for as long as they score points and remains the Server.
iii. The ball, before being struck, shall be dropped or thrown onto the floor, without touching the wall; it must be served direct on to the front wall between the tin and the out of court line, so that on its return, unless volleyed, it falls to the floor within the back quarter of the court opposite to the Server's box.
iv. A service is a fault:
a. If at the time of striking the ball the Server fails to have at least one foot in contact with the
floor within the service box, and no part of that foot touching the line surrounding the
service box (called a foot-fault )
b. If the ball touches the back wall before touching the floor. It may touch the side wall before
touching the floor. A ball which strikes the back wall and floor simultaneously is a good
service.
c. If the ball first touches the floor on or outside the short or half court lines delimiting the back
quarter of the court required in Rule 4(iii)
d. If it is not bounced on the floor before serving

5. Play
After a good service has been delivered, the players return the ball alternately until one or other fails to make a good return, or the ball otherwise ceases to be in play, in accordance with the rules.

NB: If any part of the ball touches the out of court lines or the tin, the ball is deemed out. Similarly, if the ball bounces on the short line from a service, the serve is deemed a fault.

6. A Good Return
A return is good if the ball, before it has bounced twice upon the floor, is returned by the striker onto the front wall above the tin, without touching the floor or any part of the striker's body or clothing, provided the ball is not hit twice or out.

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