Squash - The History

Ok, so here is a brief description of how Squash come into existence and the history of the sport.

Squash is a Racket sport that was formerly known as Squash Rackets. Squash was never actually created as a sport official, but was a variant of similar established games such as Rackets an Fives, predominately played at High-Class British Schools.

The game was established in the early 19th Century. by the end of the Century the popularity of the sport had spread throughout Britain and was being played at such places as Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

In 1908 the Tennis and Rackets Association started to regulate the game, but soon after these responsibilities were handed to the specially formed British Squash Rackets Federation in 1928. (Although there has been many other associations dedicated to squash throughout its career)

Although this all seems based around Britain, it has since spread around the world being a very popular sport in most commonwealth countries.