Can you play left+right handed in squash?

abceire

By this I mean, during a rally can you change from holding the racket in your left hand and hit the ball, to your right hit the ball and and back to your left hand for the rest of the rally?

MetzgerMeister

Why would you do that? It would only serve (no pun intended) to waste time and take your concentration away from the rally.

dizzyg

Unfortunately yes! They see it as a bit of a novelty though, and can't/won't change, much to the coaches (and my) annoyance.

It's not so much taking concentration away from the rally (think about how tennis players use a double-handed backhand), but it positions your body all wrong. Which wall are they going to be facing if they're using the wrong hand?


We also had a club member who, due to a pretty serious injury, couldn't use his right-hand with any power any more. So he learnt to play with his left-hand to quite a decent standard instead!

abceire

It is annoying to watch, the Trinity coach was saying it might not be legal.
I think also it hampers positioning, he doesn't get in the right positions so much because he can get away with switching hands.

ErinGoBrath

A friend of mine does this when he's in the back left corner of the court.

He told me he was pulled on it in a match and the ref deemed it perfectly legal.

ErinGoBrath

A friend of mine does this when he's in the back left corner of the court.

He told me he was pulled on it in a match and the ref deemed it perfectly legal.