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From Wikipedia

Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called "Squash racquets," a reference to the "squashable" soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball used in its parent game Racquets (or rackets; see below)). The game is played by two players (or four players for doubles) with 'standard' rackets in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. Squash is characterized as a "high-impact" exercise that can place strain on the joints, notably the knees.

The court size was codified in the 1920s at 9750 mm (32 feet) long and 6400 mm (21 feet) wide. The front wall has an 'front wall line' 4570 mm (15 feet) above the floor, connected by a raking 'front' line meeting the 'out' line on the back wall at 2130 mm (7 feet) above the floor. The front wall also has a 'service line' whose top is 1830mm (7 feet) above the floor with the 'board' (the equivalent of a net) 480 mm (18.9 inches) high. The floor is marked with a transverse 'half-court' line and further divided into two rear 'quarter courts' and two 'service boxes', as shown in the diagram above.

The traditional 'American' court for the USA game, (now referred to as 'hardball squash') is a similar size, but narrower at 18 feet 6 inches (5640 mm). The floor and wall markings differ slightly from the 'International' court and the tin is lower, at 15 inches high. However, hardball squash was replaced by softball in America as the standard version of squash and has since almost completely died out.

A 'Converted Court' is the result of converting racquetball courts to squash. Racquetball courts are 20 feet wide and 40 feet in length, so it is relatively easy to install a back wall, producing a squash court of 20 feet wide by 32 feet in length.