{"id":328,"date":"2011-07-03T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:22:08","slug":"racquetball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/?page_id=328","title":{"rendered":"Racketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Racketball is one of the UK\u2019s fastest growing sports &#8211; it is easy to pick up and a great introduction to racket sports in general.\u00a0 We have a small but growing group of regular racketball players at the Club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Racketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0is played on a regular squash court but with a larger ball (which doesn\u2019t need warming up like squash) and a shorter racket.\u00a0 This helps with hand-eye coordination making the ball easier to strike. It provides a similar level of intensity to tennis, however the bouncy ball means longer rallies and\u00a0less ball collecting!\u00a0 Young children and ladies particularly enjoy this sport, as well as older squash players that may be suffering with the rigours of a life on the squash court.<\/p>\n<p>Racketball is said to be &#8220;easy to learn but difficult to master&#8221; which is one of the factors in the sport\u2019s recent growth.\u00a0 It is lots of fun, a great way to get fit and to meet new people.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Racketball, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uk-racketball.com\/\">www.uk-racketball.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racketball is one of the UK\u2019s fastest growing sports &#8211; it is easy to pick up and a great introduction to racket sports in general.\u00a0 We have a small but growing group of regular racketball players at the Club. More about Racketball It\u00a0is played on a regular squash court but with a larger ball (which <a href=\"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/?page_id=328\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Racketball<\/span>[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1670,"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maidstonesquashclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}