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Squash is a high speed racquet sport played with singles or doubles with a hollow rubber ball in a four walled court.

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marker
Sports; Squash

An official who is responsible for assisting the referee. Please see our section on Officials for further explanation.

match
Sports; Squash

A match is made up of 3 or 5 games and the player to win 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 wins the match.

matchball
Sports; Squash

When the server needs one final point to win the match.

nick
Sports; Squash

This is a shot that hits right on the place where the floor and wall meet and then the ball loses its momentum and goes dead.

not up
Sports; Squash

This simply means that the ball has not been hit or struck by the rules. Please see Rules of the Game for further explanation.

officials
Sports; Squash

The Marker and the Referee.

out
Sports; Squash

This happens when the ball hits the out line, or a wall above the out line. Also if the ball hits the ceiling, or any fitting on the ceiling or walls above the out line.

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