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British Racketball Skills Awards.


These are based on the SRA Junior Awards for Squash, modified to apply to racketball.

Use the One-Two-Three Stars to assess your youngest players. You don't even need a racket for the one-star grade : just a ball and a wall !

Grade your better players with Bronze-Silver-Gold. An independent assessor is recommended for the Gold Award. Use these grades in competitions to ensure balanced matches.



One Star 1 Throw a ball into the air, let it bounce once on the floor, catch it after the bounce. 4 out of 6 to pass.

2 Throw a ball against the wall, let it bounce once on the floor, catch it after the bounce. 4 out of 6 to pass.

3 Stand behind a 2 meter floor line, throw ball onto wall and catch it before it bounces on the floor (i.e. volley). 4 out of 6 to pass.

4 With a partner have a 6 shot co-operative rally. Throw ball to wall below the 2 meter line, ball bounces once and is caught by partner standing behind a 2 meter floor line.

5 Play a game without rackets, as above, to 9 points. Point a rally scoring (PARS).

Question : How many times is the ball allowed to bounce on the floor ?

Two Stars 1 Carry the ball on the racket : start at the the back wall, touch the front wall, then return to the back wall. Ball to remain on throughout.

2 Bounce ball on racket for 6 consecutive hits. Scoring restarts if error occurs.

3 Solo continuous rally against the wall, of 6 forehand shots. Ball to be hit below the 2 meter line.

4 Serve from one service box to land in the opposite half of the court. 4 out of 6 to pass.

5 With a partner, have a 6 shot co-operative rally with rackets. Hit ball to wall below 2 meter line : ball bounces once and Skills

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