Racquetball was invented by an American named Joe Sobek in 1950, who based the rules on a combination of three older sports, namely squash (going back to 12th-century France), handball and paddleball. He initialy called the sport "paddle rackets" until a professional tennis player by the name of Bob McInerney coined the term racquetball. A variant known as racketball was developed in England in 1976, with slightly different rules.
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∙ 14y agoFrom the United States in the 1950's.
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Racquet comprising a ball striking surface, a racquet head frame, and a racquet handle. Different dimensions and lighter than a tennis racquet.
A tennis ball?!
When you hit a tennis ball with a tennis racquet, you want the ball to contact the sweet spot of strings.
Measure it.
It is a hollow ball made completely of rubber.
The string is woven into the godhead of a racquet and used to hit the ball.
it uses a shuttlecock instead of a ball.
1.4 ounces. from what Ive heard.
The force-displacement graph for the strings of a new type of graphite-head tennis racquet is shown in diagram (a). The racquet is tested in a laboratory by being secured vertically and then having a special type of non-deforming tennis ball fired at it horizontally, as shown in diagram (b). The initial velocity of the ball as it strikes the racquet is 10 m s-1 east. After striking the racquet, the ball has a velocity of 9.5 m s-1 west. The mass of the ball is 100 g. What is the maximum displacement of the strings of the racquet during this interaction?
2 or 4 players
it uses a shuttlecock instead of a ball.