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Re: squash ball question



At 13:33 19/10/00 -0600, Dewey Dykstra, Jr. wrote:
>I've never played racquetball, but I can assure you that these squash balls
>are hollow. Another case of a transatlantic nomenclature shift?
>
>Mark
>
Possibly. What we call squash uses something the sort of size and shape of
a badminton racket, but much beefier. The ball always seemed to me to be
fairly solid, very low coefficient of restitution when cold and only
slightly higher when warmed up by play. You really had to haul-off and
swat the ball. Playing it was murder on your tennis game.

This is definitely what I'd call squash... but the ball is hollow. I know
from having had them split during a game.

Mark

Mark Sylvester
UWCAd
Duino Trieste Italy