(3) Other Racquet Sports - History, Features, Champions and Epic Matches

Tennis - Some of the Epics

Squash - Tops World Racquet (Racquet Masters - pending clarification) Championships and Comparisons of Conditioning and Health Benefits versus the impact of Injuries Relative to Other Sports

(1a) Exercise Physiologists, Physicians, Coaches and Players conclude that of 10 sports tested Squash has the best balance between injury and health returns - Forbes Magazine Article, 2003

(1b).....and again 10 years later, communicated by Nathan Engle in the Examiner.com, (2/13/2013)

(2a) World Racquet Championships - Squash develops the most complete Racquet Athlete - Sharif Khan Winner (3 of 4 years) over Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Guillermo Vilas, Marty Hogan and Danny Seemiller among others

(2b) World Racquet Championships (Racquet Masters Tournament) - Winner (1 of 4 years) Danny Seemiller U.S. National Champion in Table Tennis.

(2c) World Racquet Championships (Racquet Masters Tournament) - Jimmy Lane of Table Tennis

(3) Racketlon, Wikipedia, (2011)

Methods for comparisons of levels of play with matches in Racketlon are very different from those in Racquet Masters (or World Racquets) Championships. Comparison of the basics (Racquetwork, Footwork, Court Sense, Conditioning, etc..) in Racketlon is by mid level players playing all the Racquet sports all the time but in Racquet Masters or (World Racquets) Championships only top level World or National Champions playing one sport all the time thus test how much of those basics developed in that one Racquet sport, transfer to and elevate levels of play in all the other Racquet sports,

(4) Boom in Squash - NYT, 12/9/2007

Racquetball and Racquetball/Hardball Squash - Champions, Swings and Wins

(1a) Heather McKay - Squash, 16 British Open Championships (1962 - 1977) in a row, Pro Racquetball Championships (1980, 1981, 1984) and Field Hockey Championships - considered by many, to be one of the greatest Athletes in History!

(1b) Victor Niederhoffer, Marty Hogan - Hardball Squash and Racqueball Swings, by Victor Niederhoffer, Daily Speculations (2007)

(1c) Victor Niederhoffer Over Marty Hogan - Hardball Squash and Racquetball, by Jim Kaplan, Sports Illustrated (1978)

(1d) Marty Hogan - Ranked Top Racquetball Player of all time by National Racquetball Magazine (IJSHOF,1996 - 2013)

Badminton

(1) Badminton - World Champions, Rankings 1977 - 2011, Wikipedia (2013)

Table Tennis

(1) Table Tennis - World Champions, Rankings 1926 - 2011, Wikipedia (2013)

(2a) World Racquet Championships (Racquet Masters Tournament) Winner (1 of 4 years) - Danny Seemiller U.S.National Champion in Table Tennis.

(2b) World Racquet Championships (Racquet Masters Tournament) - Jimmy Lane of Table Tennis

Rackets (Akin to Court Tennis)

(1) J. Jamsetji (changed to Jamsetji Marker) of Bombay Gymkhana, India - Rackets World Champion 1903 -1911, Wikipedia (2013)

(2)

Squash Mad I From a school yard to Dubai Opera, squash has come a long way By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent

http://squashmad.com/breaking-news/fascinating-history-of-squash-is-now-online/#comment-65128

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    2. Ferez Nallaseth, PhD June 11, 2017 at 2:50 pm
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      1. I have not yet had the pleasure of going through this work. It will be as informative and engaging, as other work from the author(s) has been. Should some or all of this information not be included in it a footnote follows.
      2. Jamsetjee Marker (born in 1871 or 1872) was a Professional and taught a precursor sport of Squash, Racquets, at the Bombay Gymkhana. He was the World Champion in Rackets from 1903 – 1911 and then again for a total of 11 years (Links below and Book of Parsi Sports). His brother, Padanji was his ‘closest rival in India’. Jamsetjee came from a large Indo-Pakistani Parsee family dealing in Shipping. In that period all of subcontinental India was united. In the realm of the Racquet Sports World, Professionals were then known as Markers (after their professions of marking lines in Tennis). Jamsetjee took the name of Marker after his profession and his performance in it.
      3. A good friend and one of Jamsetjee Marker’s descendants and I attended Elphinstone College in Bombay with Jimmy Marker, from 1971 – 1973 . Another descendant was the well known Ambassador to the UN and the USA from Pakistan Jamsheed Marker (Born in 1922). He was also the “ambassador to more countries than any other person” from 1900 to 2011. Of equal importance he remained a life long and avid Cricket fan or Commentator throughout his global postings. He was an Author and Professor.
      4. (1) https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=jamsetji+marker+racquets+coach+at+the+bombay+gymkhana&oq=Jamsetji+Marker+Racquets+Coach+at+the+Bombay+Gym&gs_l=hp.1.0.33i21k1.2128.27999.0.30573.55.53.1.0.0.0.173.4816.40j13.53.0….0…1.1.64.hp..1.41.3674.0..0j35i39k1j0i131k1j0i20k1j0i10k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j33i160k1.PHGun1Dayvs#safe=active&q=jamsetji+marker+racquets+coach+at+the+bombay+gymkhana+world+champion
      5. (2) https://broom01.revolvy.com/topic/Boria%20Majumdar&item_type=topic
      6. (3) https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Racquets%20(sport)&item_type=topic
      7. (4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsetji_Merwanji
      8. (5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsheed_Marker

Paddle Tennis

(1) Paddle (Platform) Tennis, Wikipedia, (2013)

(2) Paddle (Platform) Tennis - You Tube (2013)

Hand Ball

(does not involve Racquets but shares Principles with the Racquet Sports)

(1) Handball, Wikipedia (2013)

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