How To Understand Squash Court Markings

Hi, my name is Bob Jaffe. I am the director of coaching at Dulwich Squash Club in London. I am going to talk to you about the equipment you are going to need, the etiquette you are going to use on court and the sort of shots that you are going to need to play and how you are going to play them.

Before you go on to any squash court, you have to knock on the door. Once you have established nobody is in there, on you go. And you are now faced with a box.

We have, by the door, the back wall. As we go further up the court, we have the side wall and then we have the front wall. What you see on the front wall is the , middle line, this is called the service line and is used purely for seving.

Once the service has been hit, this line has no function at all. The key lines here are the tin and the outer court line out there which runs all the way around the squash court. Any ball touching that line or the wall above is out.

Similarly, it is not a good shot if the ball touches the line here or below. The other lines to consider are the short line which runs from one side wall across the other sidewall and the half court line which runs from the door to the junction of the short line. This forms the 'T' in squash.

This is the central part of the court that you are looking to dominate.