Any racquetball players here?

[Tchocky]

24 Hour Fitness recently opened up a new club in my hood and they have one racquetball court. Problem is I recently gave away all my racquetball gear. I haven't played in years but will probably want to play if it rains and I can't play tennis. What do I need and how much is it going to cost me? I play with a 4 1/2 inch grip in tennis; what will be my grip size for racquetball. Appreciate the feedback.

 

[ollinger]

You basically need the racquet, a glove, some balls, eye protection and shoes (tennis shoes are too slippery on the wood floor -- shoes for racquetball/squash have a softer compound rubber that sticks on the slick surface). Grip size is very individual, choose one statistically (if you use 4 1/2 for tennis, you're a bit above average size, so choose a bit above the median racquetball grip sizes offered) if you haven't had a chance to try different sizes. As in tennis, always easier to increase the grip size than decrease.