A fast sport played in an enclosed court where two players hit a small rubber ball with a short-strung racket.
Combining 'racquet' (from French 'raquette' meaning palm of the hand) and 'ball.' Invented in the 1950s in Connecticut as a simpler, faster alternative to squash and handball.
Racquetball was literally invented just decades ago—it's one of the few sports modern enough that you could trace exactly who invented it and why, making it a window into how sports evolve.
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