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Basic Rules for Doubles Squash

IMPORTANT! For safety, if in doubt, call a LET.

Playing and Scoring

Games are played to 15 points. (If you get to a score of 14-14, receiving team chooses set to 1 or 3). Points are scored whether serving or not - like hardball or squash rules. When server is serving, only receiving player stands in the box on the opposite side - the other players are in the server's box. Server's partner gets to stand near the T. When the receiver returns the ball, each team alternates hitting. NOTE: Either player of a team can play the ball as long as it is his/her team's turn to hit.

Serving

The first team to score gets one server only to start. If the server's team wins the point, that server continues to serve until the score is lost. Except for the first rotation, the server's partner serves next until the serve is lost - then the other team gets the serve.

Example of Serving Order:

Team A: Players 1 and 2
Team B: Players 1 and 2

TEAM A serves first
A-1 — until lose point

When serve is lost, TEAM B serves
B-1, then when point is lost,
B-2

When Team B loses serve,
A-1, then
A-2

Then rotation continues — B-1, B-2, A-1, A-2

NOTE: Each new game starts this rotation again - i.e., the team serving first gets only one server to start: A-1, B-1, B-2, A-1, A-2, etc.

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