Playing

Players take turns to hit a ball against a wall. Only the server scores points, and only if they serve an ace or win a rally. A rally is won when the opposition cannot stop the ball hitting the floor twice or cannot return it so that it touches the front wall before the floor. The receiver wins the serve by winning the rally. The server must stand in the service zone, bounce the ball on the floor once, then hit it directly on to the front wall, making it rebound and toch the floor beyond the short line without touching a side wall. I rallies, the ball may hit the side walls or the roof as long as it also hits the front wall and bounces only once between opponents stroke.

Points

Professionals play best of five games, the winning player or team being the first to 11 points with two point margin of victory. Amateurs play two game, with the winning player beining the first to 15 points. If each player wins one game, a tiebreakeris required. It is not necessary to win by two clear points in amateur racquetball. To additional to singles and doubles, three player variants include ironman and cutthroat, in which players take it in turns to oppose the other two.