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Extractions: THE HISTORY OF RACQUETBALL Racquetball a mere youngster compared to tennis, squash and other racquet sports has encountered a myriad of changes in its short 26-year history. Simple wooden racquets have given way to state-of-the-art frames, intense athlete now share court time with teens and senior adults, and the game, which was born in the USA, is now played in 87 countries worldwide. Racquetball, which celebrated its Silver Anniversary last year, is experiencing a renewed surge in popularity and favor with over 9.3 million active participants. More and more people . . . including Baby Boomers, the 35-44 year old group responsible for making racquetball hot in the 70's and 80's . . . are coming back for fitness and fun. In the Beginning Racquetball can trace its beginnings as early as the 1920's here in America, although the origin of racquetball currently played today has been credited to Joe Sobek, a tennis pro from Greenwich, Connecticut. Seeking an indoor alternative to tennis, Sobek in 1949 combined the rules of squash and handball to create a new game dubbed paddle racquets. He drew up plans using a platform tennis racquet as a pattern, and had an initial order of 25 prototypes made. The sport quickly caught on, but it wasnt until 1968 that racquetball began to realize its potential. Contributing to its rapid rise in popularity was the birth of the International Racquetball Association (IRA), a precursor to the American Amateur Racquetball Association (AARA). Suddenly, racquetball had an organized tournament structure and a uniform set of rules. Another factor was that new equipment specifically designed for the sport became commercially available.
History Of Racquetball In the late 1970s, racquetball history saw a huge surge in the popularity 1982 The US olympic Committee recognized racquetball as a developing olympic http://www.rbdepot.com/racquetball_history.asp
Extractions: Racquetball Racquets Racquetball Gloves Racquetball Shoes Racquetballs ... Members Only Specials Join the Racquetball Depot Email: Home Racquetball - The Game History of Racquetball Joseph G. Sobek inventor of racquetball Using a platform tennis racket as a pattern, Sobek drew up plans for a new, short, strung racket and had 25 prototypes made in 1950. He began promoting the new sport by selling these prototypes to his fellow members of the Greenwich, CT YMCA. The game was catching on, but players found fault with the ball, so Sobek set out to find a better ball for his new sport. He found what he was looking for in an inexpensive Spalding rubber ball for children, and bought as many as he could to keep his new sport going. Sobek eventually founded his own company to manufacture balls to his exact specifications. In 1952, Sobek founded the Paddle Rackets Association. He codified a set of rules and printed them up, sent out promotional kits to YMCAs and other sporting organizations to promote the sport, and provided clinics to teach new players the new sport of racquetball.
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Extractions: Additional subjects may be added at any time by the Board of Directors or suggested by Benefactors. Subjects in BOLD are on the program of the Modern Olympic Games and are the primary areas of interest in seeking endowments. Some subjects have links to a more detailed page on that subject to give you more information. Adapted physical education Air Sports Alpine skiing (see skiing) Ancient / Antiquities (Greece, Rome, etc) Aquatics (see Water sports) Archery Architecture (sports stadiums and facilities) Arts (see Sport in Art: coins, medals, posters) Association football (see soccer) Athletic injuries (see sports medicine) Backgammon Baseball Badminton Basketball Biathlon Bibliography Bicycling (see cycling Billiards Biomechanics Blacks in Sport Canoeing, Rowing, Yachting Bobsleigh (see Winter Sports) Bowling Boxing Business (see Sport and Business) Canoeing Cars and car racing (See Automobiles) Cards Checkers Cheerleading Chess Children and Physical Education Coaching (19th century) College Athletics Cricket Croquet Curling Cycling Dance Diving (See Dressage (See Equestrian Sports Drugs and sport (See Sports medicine) Equestrian Sports Exercise Facilities (see sports stadiums and facilities) Falconry Fencing Field Hockey Figure skating (see Skating) Fitness (See Physical Fitness) Football (American) Football (British, see Soccer)
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Extractions: and Olympic History Future spot for architect's drawing! The IISOH effectively has two divisions the Library and the Museum. The Board of Directors are seeking benefactor(s) to endow each division with a $25 million donation. An endowment will also be sought for the theatre in the amount of $25 million. The benefactor(s) will then be offered the opportunity to name the Library, Museum or theatre, subject to the final approval of the Board of Directors. Our plans are to construct facilities on a campus approximately 300 acres in size. This will allow us have room for expansion in the decades to come as we increase the endowment and add sports facilities to the educational program. Sports fields are desirable in order to teach through participation and play. If we have a baseball field we can teach the history of baseball by playing a game using 1860 rules for 3 innings, then playing by modern rules for 3 innings. In the basement of the Museum we could have a bowling alley from the 1800's where the pins have to be set by hand, and right next to it have a modern bowling alley that is fully automated. Our visitors can go bowling either way. Consider the possibilities for each and every sport this means a lot of space is needed.
International Racquetball Federation First .. The history of racquetball annual growth and the promise ofachieving the olympic Dream racquetball is well positioned for the future. http://www.internationalracquetball.com/00irf_history.htm
Extractions: About the IRF RB History History Executive Committee Officers of the past First..... The History of Racquetball Racquetball was invented by Joe Sobek in 1949 on a Connecticut handball court. Seeking a game with fast pace that was easy to learn, Sobek designed the first short strung paddle, devised rules combining the basics of handball and squash, and named his modification "paddle rackets." His experiment was an overnight success, the sport caught on quickly and has since evolved into racquetball as we know it today. By the early 70's, court clubs could be found in every state and the sport enjoyed a rapid and steady rise in popularity. As Americans sought new and challenging athletic activities, the timing was perfect for racquetball courts were accessible nationwide and the sport was fun and easy to learn. The late 70's and early 80's saw racquetball become one of the fastest growing sports in America as thousands of new racquetball courts were built to satisfy the demand. But the sport saturated the market and reached its peak in the mid-80's, when many clubs either closed their doors or began converting courts to other uses. But by 1987 the decline leveled off and racquetball regained a steady, manageable growth rate.
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Extractions: Home Index Media Submit Article ... History Of Racquetball In the 1800s, when people would run up debt and couldnt pay, there was no such thing as a charge-off or protective bankruptcy. People who owed money would go to debtors prisons. Men would move into the prisons with their families and all of their possessions. A lot of the men were prosperous in their past lives (often beyond their means, which put them in a debtors prison in the first place), and they had tennis racquets (racket is also an acceptable spelling) with them. They started playing ball with their racquets against the prison walls. The courts began appearing outside a lot of prisons. They would either just use one wall, or there would be three walls. There was never a fourth, back wall. This was the game called Rackets. Soon the game began being played at schools and was no longer a prison game. The game was brought to Canada from the British Army, and it eventually spread to the United States it was even a sport in the Olympics at one point - but it never really caught on. There are still a few courts in existence to this day. The most important thing about the game is that it is thought to be the origin of a game called Squash Rackets. It also, therefore, played an important part in the history of racquetball. There werent enough rackets courts, so instead of waiting for long periods of time for an available court, people played in smaller courts designed for handball. The rackets ball was too hard to play with on the smaller court, so someone thought of poking holes in the ball. It worked well, and when you hit the ball with a racquet, it deflated. The racquets squashed the ball. Hence, the game was called squash rackets. There was also a squash tennis sport where people simply used tennis balls and racquets to play the same game.
Racquetball - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia history. Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball, The USRA in 2003then switched again to mirror other olympic sports by changing its name to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racquetball
Extractions: Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on a special indoor court. It was invented by Joe Sobeck in incorporating rules from squash and handball . Unlike many other racquet sports, the walls, floor, and even ceiling of the racquetball court are considered in-bounds. The game is normally played by two players, though there are variations with three or even four (which can get very crowded). Two player games are called singles, three player games are typically called iron-man (2 on 1 during entire game) or cut-throat (a player take turns serving to the other 2), and four player games are called doubles. edit Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball, though not naming the sport. Sobeck, a tennis pro and handball player was looking for a fast paced sport that was easy to learn and play. He designed the first strung paddle, devised a set of rules based on those from squash and handball and named his game, "paddle rackets". In 1952, Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association, codified the rules, and had rules booklets printed. The new game grew quickly through Sobek's continual promotion of the game but was also aided by the estimated 40,000 existing handball courts across the country in
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HARA THE history OF. racquetball. racquetball a mere youngster compared to tennis In 1982, the United States olympic Committee recognized racquetball as a http://www.hawaiiracquetball.org/RBHistory.htm
Extractions: HARA Home Program Events About HARA ... OfficialRule News Letters Members RB Pictures RB Videos Contact Us Sponsor Packages Hawaii Clubs Meet Hawaii Players THE HISTORY OF RACQUETBALL Racquetball a mere youngster compared to tennis, squash and other racquet sports has encountered a myriad of changes in its short 55-year history. Simple wooden racquets have given way to state-of-the-art frames, intense athlete now share court time with teens and senior adults, and the game, which was born in the USA, is now played in 87 countries worldwide. Racquetball, which celebrated its Golden Anniversary in 1999, is experiencing a renewed surge in popularity and favor with over 9.3 million active participants. More and more people . . . including Baby Boomers, the 35-44 year old group responsible for making racquetball hot in the 70's and 80's . . . are coming back for fitness and fun. In the Beginning Racquetball can trace its beginnings as early as the 1920's here in America, although the origin of racquetball currently played today has been credited to Joe Sobek, a tennis pro from Greenwich, Connecticut. Seeking an indoor alternative to tennis, Sobek in 1949 combined the rules of squash and handball to create a new game dubbed paddle racquets. He drew up plans using a platform tennis racquet as a pattern, and had an initial order of 25 prototypes made. The sport quickly caught on, but it wasnt until 1968 that racquetball began to realize its potential. Contributing to its rapid rise in popularity was the birth of the International Racquetball Association (IRA), a precursor to the American Amateur Racquetball Association (AARA). Suddenly, racquetball had an organized tournament structure and a uniform set of rules. Another factor was that new equipment specifically designed for the sport became commercially available.
Sport-Spot Racquetball Links The history of racquetball Discussing the past, present, and future of the sport.International racquetball News - put out by the United States olympic http://www.sport-spot.com/racquetball.html
Extractions: The History of Racquetball - Providing a basic history of the sport. International Racquetball Federation - Promoting the development of competitive and recreational racquetball worldwide New England Racquetball - All of the information a New England Racquetball player would want or need. United States Racquetball Association - The official site for up-to-date news and information on racquetball in the US. Racquetball History - Outlining the major events in racquetball history. International Organizations - A list of many international organizations related to the sport of racquetball. Racquetball Magazine - The place for racquetball players to get updated information on their sport. Racquetball Safety - Providing safety tips for the sport of racquetball. Racquetball Tips - Things to remember when on the court. Rules of Racquetball - The general rules of the sport.
History history. The game of racquetball evolved from other racket sports like French States olympic Committee has granted Group A membership to racquetball, http://www.velocityracquetball.net/History/history.htm
Extractions: HISTORY The game of racquetball evolved from other racket sports like French court tennis, Spanish Jai alai in the seventeenth century, Irish immigrants introduction of handball to the United States in the 1900s, English squash in the 1850, and the British game of Rackets played in the early 1800s. The evolutions of these various racket sport was inevitably racquetball in the 1950s. In the early 1950s, Joe Sobek a squash and tennis pro from the Greenwich, Connecticut YMCA, began playing an early version of racquetball called paddle rackets. Sobek formulated a new gaming concept by developing a paddle racket with a string face rather than a wooden one to increased velocity and control. Sobek rules were drawn from squash, handball, and paddleball rules. In 1968, Larry Lederman organized the first National Paddle Rackets Tournament in Milwaukee. The popularity of paddleball led to the formation of the International Racquetball Association in 1969 under the management of Robert Kendler. The first order of business was to change the name from paddle rackets to racketball. Then with a touch of French nonchalance, the k was dropped in favor of qu, and thus the new name of Racquetball.
