- Squash ???
- squash????
- How much would a squash court cost?
- What is the difference between Racquetball and Squash?
- What is the difference between squash shoes and normal sports trainers?
- Why is squash considered a snobby sport?
- Where can I buy a cool pair of yellow squash shoes?
- Is it too late for me to turn professional squash player?
- What do the colours of squash balls represent?
- How much will it cost me to build a squash court?
- How do I get more power for squash?
- Does a pair of Nike Frees have the design and technology for a game of squash?
- Should I play squash or rugby and is playing squash bad for your tennis?
- What's the difference between squash and racketball?
- What are squash court walls made of?
- is it possible to become a professional squash or tennis player if i start now?
- What colour dot is the fastest grade squash ball?
- What is the lightest squash racket in the world?
- Where can I find a decent cheap squash racket?
- What squash racquets and brands are good?
Why is squash considered a snobby sport?
becuz in america its only the rich white people that play it
who said it was snobby? been playing squash since a kid and while faster than racket ball, never though it snobby
This is a great question. I'm from the U.S. and played on my high school and college teams in the '80's. I think the short answer is that in the rest of the world, I'm not sure squash is considered much different from badminton or table tennis or snooker. I've played in the UK with regular guys who kept a pint outside the court to freshen up between games. In the US historically I think it's a different story. Squash mostly became a game played in prep schools and Ivy League colleges and private clubs, and has been for most of its history centered in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as well as DC (where I played after college). Until the 1990's, the game was different in North America than in the rest of the world: the ball was harder, the court smaller, and the scoring differernt. This North American "hardball" game didn't mix the the international "softball" game. But after the international game took over, the game may have lost some of its American whiteness. Still, I don't think it's spread too far into the general public, and is mostly an upper middle class game for Americans as well as for the kinds of educated non-Americans who come here to work in academia and professional jobs. It's a pity if that's true, because it's a beautiful game more people should know about. Hope that helps.
