BADMINTON VS SQUASH

The objective of badminton and squash is different, in badminton you have to try to pass the shuttlecock above the network by tapping it with the racket to get falling on the floor of the opposite field whenever you get it, you score a point. However in squash, the players have to hit the ball against a front wall (also the ball may strike the side or back walls at any time), between two out lines, then the ball is allowed to bounce once on the floor before a player must return it, if the player don't return it, the player who has served will get a point. In both sports you can´t hit the shuttlecock or ball twice consecutive.



In badminton matches are disputed of three types: singles doubles, and mixed doubles. It is played in two fields of 13.30m x 5,18m separated by a network of 2.28m of height. The network cannot touch. While, in squash, there are two kind of matches: two players (singles) or four players (doubles). The squash court is 9.75m x 4,26m.

The serving and the scoring in squash are more simple than in badminton. The current official scoring system for squash is called point-a-rally scoring (PARS). In PARS, the winner of a rally always receives a point. Games are played to 11, players must win by two clear points. Competition matches are usually played to "best-of-five"

	BADMINTON	SQUASH
Court	13.30m x 5.18m	9.75m x 4,26m
Net	2.284m high	--------------------------------------
Ball	4.75g	23 to 25 g
Racquets	68cm long	70 cm long
Clothing	Absorbent, usually White colours	Comfortable sports clothing. Men: Shorts and a t-shirt, tank top or a polo shirt. Women: Skirt or skort and a t-shirt or a tank top, or a sports dress.
Regulation	3 sets 15 points each	5 sets 11 points each aprox.