Depending on your playing skills, racquetball can be easy and just right or can be hard and fast. The following are some playing tips directed especially for beginning players or those that are not yet in the mid-class category. At this stage most beginners have not yet acquired playing strategies compared to the more experienced players. The IRF also runs the show for the World Junior Racquetball Championships and the World Senior Racquetball Championships for competitors that are 35 years and above. In the professional stage there are three organizations that secure the welfare of the sport. The IRT or International Racquetball Tour stands as the men s professional organization. Racquetball Tips Getting The Right Grip Racquetball as a healthy indoor sport is getting to be popular once again, this time the number of enthusiasts growing slowly but steadily. Gym courts are now filled up and tournaments, clubs and leagues are sprouting once more. For beginners and those virtual greenhorns to the game who want to improve their games, here are some tips on some very important basics on racquetball. The splat is an elongated variation of the pinch which targets the side wall leading up to the back area of the court. Moreover, pinches can be categorized as reverse or frontside. A right-handed player performing a forehand to the right front corner is doing a frontside pinch while a forehand shot to the left corner can bring on a reverse pinch. The player or team that scores the most points in the 1st two games chooses to serve or receive during the tiebreaker. (If both have equal scores in the 1st 2 games, there is a coin toss.) In regular everyday games, players or teams offer the other to choose first as a matter of courtesy. More rules The server has to stay in the service area when serving, stepping on a line but not pass the line. There is a certain service box that is accentuated by the short line. The short line is a solid red line that covers the court s width parallel to the back and front walls at a specific distance of 20 feet. The service line then parallels the short line having a 15-feet distance from the front wall. There are also two sets of lines perpendicular to the short and service lines located within the service box.