This interest led him to contact manufacturing companies from which he received numerous samples for various ball and racket designs. Unsurprisingly, the racquetball game was invented by a professional squash and tennis player, Joseph Sobek, in the 1950s at his local YMCA in Greenwich, Connecticut.Īs an avid squash player and advocate, Sobek dreamed of ways to improve the sport. Racquetball is a racket sport nearly identical to the games of squash and paddleball, as well as being similar to the sport of tennis.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 or 4 players (singles or doubles) MATERIALS: Racquetball, racket, eye goggles (optional) TYPE OF GAME: Sport AUDIENCE: 7+ OBJECTIVE OF RACQUETBALL: Score points by hitting a ball against a wall in a manner that renders the opponent unable to return it before it bounces on the ground twice.
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