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Post by jefframp on Jun 16, 2020 7:10:06 GMT -8
The Beavers won 11 out of 12 National Intercollegiate Raquetball Championships between the 2006 and 2017 seasons. The wiki has not been updated for 2018 and 2019. link |
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Post by sagebrush on Jun 20, 2020 6:40:19 GMT -8
Don't make fun of racquetball. You are in a small room with another guy. You both have clubs in your hand and a hard rubber ball that just flies around. You bounce off the walls and each other. To excel, you damn well be quick, athletic, and have terrific hand-eye coordination. Doubles--amazing there aren't fatalities. Tried it a couple times when I was still reasonably athletic. The second (and last) time convinced me that I was right after the first time.
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Post by jefframp on Jun 20, 2020 7:13:30 GMT -8
Don't make fun of racquetball. You are in a small room with another guy. You both have clubs in your hand and a hard rubber ball that just flies around. You bounce off the walls and each other. To excel, you damn well be quick, athletic, and have terrific hand-eye coordination. Doubles--amazing there aren't fatalities. Tried it a couple times when I was still reasonably athletic. The second (and last) time convinced me that I was right after the first time. Ditto except it took me at least 2 dozen times until I pulled something painful in my back. Had a chubby black instructor at Chemeketa Community College challenge a cohort and me to a 2 on 1 contest. He wiped the floor with us. He would hit line drives that started at 2 inches off the floor and never deviated from that elevation. Great exercise though! |
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Post by mbabeav on Jun 20, 2020 12:19:05 GMT -8
Don't make fun of racquetball. You are in a small room with another guy. You both have clubs in your hand and a hard rubber ball that just flies around. You bounce off the walls and each other. To excel, you damn well be quick, athletic, and have terrific hand-eye coordination. Doubles--amazing there aren't fatalities. Tried it a couple times when I was still reasonably athletic. The second (and last) time convinced me that I was right after the first time. Ditto except it took me at least 2 dozen times until I pulled something painful in my back. Had a chubby black instructor at Chemeketa Community College challenge a cohort and me to a 2 on 1 contest. He wiped the floor with us. He would hit line drives that started at 2 inches off the floor and never deviated from that elevation. Great exercise though! I played raquetball at Chemeketa, had a great kill shot. Rick Adleman was coaching the basketball team there then and he was vicious out there on the court, post NBA bad knee and all. I still have my old racquet, weighs 3 times as much as the normal raquet of today but really left a dent in the wall, or my opponent 😁 |
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