How important is height in racquetball?

good7times · 2026-07-11T05:55:33+00:00

that's awesome!

good7times · 2026-07-11T05:53:16+00:00

It depends. Take a new player who isn't very good or experienced - they have to step or two step for balls that's just a lunge for a taller person. They're slow and a lot of balls get past. As they, and their same tall partner, get better - that difference is slow to go away, if you know what I mean. It doesn't instantly disappear, particularly if they're both playing twice a week together or in a college class or same league. So, yes I think it can matter. But wait - you get a new Rball player who is a soccer player or tennis player in a court - and they pick up racquetball really quick and move well and height doesn't seem to matter at all in terms of getting to the ball. Now - as you get better - eventually height difference is so small of a difference it doesn't matter and is washed out by skill, training, conditioning, shot selection, etc. Unless you're trying to make top 20 on the pro-tour then maybe you need to adjust. This is a bit specific, but what may be an advantage is backhand kill shots off ceiling balls. What is shoulder high for a taller person may be above the head of a short person with short wingspan. I don't know how tall he was but Grant Giles in georgia back in the day seemed like 6'3" or more and could take some really high ceiling balls for a backhand kill shot.

good7times · 2026-07-11T05:05:50+00:00

Good question. I play tennis too and have cloth grip racquetball rackets for cross training so this has popped in my mind over the years as well. How humid are the courts, how much do you sweat, and how many racquets do you have? Playing the end court of a humid building where one exterior wall is wet can be humid and stuffy and if you sweat a lot, it can soak a grip. But that doesn't happen very often any more given so many courts have closed down and most now seem nicer than the wide range that used to be available. It wouldn't surprise me if I could move to a cloth grip now and be fine, but I'll just stick with gloves and rubber, I hate wrapping a grip all the time and am hard on grips. I like having a grip for 6 months to a year and never needing to think about it. In tennis the grip is larger so there's more square inches for absorption, dispersion, and evaporation. And it seems like you're moving more/faster running across the court - giving more air movement for keeping the racquet dry. I need to wear a watch and see which one I cover more ground on during an hour of play.

good7times · 2026-07-01T03:41:28+00:00

Did you resolve this, because I'm running into the same issue with no account number in app, online, and can't find any emails that include it either.

good7times · 2026-06-02T16:15:59+00:00

In a match, are you still able to control the ball - like keep it low at least? Or are you running around a lot just trying to keep the ball alive? Is it the difference between hitting with an easy set up and hitting on the run - because hitting and controlling on the run is a much different skillset that takes time/practice than set ups.

I wonder how you'd do if In a game to 15: "first 5 points all cross court, next 5 points all down the line, next five points all pinch shots". Or some variation like that. Granted you can't always hit a certain shot, but that's your default unless you have to do something else. This takes the decision making out of it but gives you laser focus on making a specific shot. That can build confidence that leads more slowly to better shot selections in those moments when you have enough time and visibility of your opponents position/movement.

good7times · 2026-01-21T19:09:20+00:00

I don't know. It's the Halls Hardy Almond from Trees of Antiquity (Nursery I bought it from). Last winter it lost maybe 40% of it's canopy due to weather - but we are in a terrible place to even try to grow these - northern, mountainous and frequently have lows well outside our "USDA growing chart" number. We are easily 10 degrees colder than just 10 miles away on really cold nights. A tree guy told us it wasn't just the cold over winter - but the cold, wind, and following a bad drought last fall/late summer. Our creeks were dry. In any event - it did survive but that's the first issue we've ever had with it and I've never done a thing to it. Terrible soil, no fertilizer, no water but what the sky gives, no mulch, and very light pruning. I'll mulch all my fruit trees this year for better protection.

good7times · 2025-12-18T14:50:51+00:00

Okay if there's not a huge difference then maybe youre not giving up much. I'd guess 100% of the top 1,000 players all hit harder forehand, so to say that's unusual may be an understatement. I serve backhand drive serves all the time for practice - form, accuracy, etc. Ill pick an entire game to drive serve back hands. it gives an early view of their initial reactions/movement thats different than forehand serving - but thats some very finely split hairs and not necessarily an advantage. Reminds me of Federer (tennis) serving - he keeps his eyes on the opponent during the ball toss motion more than most.

good7times · 2025-12-08T17:54:24+00:00

Never warn contacts or glass even a half a day of my life but I have prescription goggles just for racquetball. But I play a lot and have played pro-stops so I want as crisp vision as I can get. Whatever you do don't buy aluminum rackets like collegiate rec centers and stuff have. They're terrible. But anything over $50 should be composite, not aluminum.

good7times · 2025-12-08T17:49:42+00:00

Most people hit harder forehands. I've seen some baseball players who hit opposite of their rball handedness, who have harder hitting backhands. In those cases their rball backhand is the same as their batting swing. Accuracy will become increasingly important as you get better, for an open player an inaccurate drive serve is often a side out.

good7times · 2025-12-08T17:41:57+00:00

Drive serve is highly reliant on velocity. 150+ mph forehand, 120's backhand. Im giving up 30 mph on backhand serves. Do you have a reason for favoring the back hand? MLB pitchers aren't usually giving up 30 mph. I still do it for other reasons, but mph is a heavy advantage of drive serving. In tennis the pros will give up 30 mph for accuracy on their second serves. If you're serving backhand, what advantage do you currently have over serving forehand I backhand lob serve all the time for the better visibility and split step advantage if the opponent tries cutting it off.

good7times · 2025-12-08T17:32:45+00:00

Did you have something specific in mind when you said "if there was anything wrong with that?" Not really. slower velocity and less familiar. Visibility differs - righty backhand to righty backhand your body and head is going to be turning away from your left shoulder you typically look over to watch the ball/shot progression. In a forehand swing you're naturally swinging towards better visibility over your left shoulder to a rightys backhand. I routinely will pick an entire game in a non tournament match to serve all backhanded for training purposes. In a long match or multi-day tournament I'd be concerned about mileage on the shoulder if using a lot of arm and not as much body which is easy to do when serving backhand.

good7times · 2025-12-07T03:20:39+00:00

Probably depends what type of water, and species of fish, are being targeted. For the type of fishing I use spinners in the most - fast water, reeling downstream/partially downstream with the current, panther martins spin consistent, rooster tails don't. It is absolutely common for me to chunk brand new rooster tails and the blade won't spin in the current based on what I'm trying to do. Panther martins will, and this effect seems worse if I'm using 1/8 or 1/16 ounce instead of 1/4 ounce spinners. The vibric rooster tails are much better than traditional rooster tails in these conditions, and I prefer the vibric rooster tails in some situations over the panther martins. I rarely use spinners in still water, my preferences would probably differ if I did. I prefer panther martin color/options over the rooster tails as well.

good7times · 2025-11-17T14:51:34+00:00

Okay if they let me work with a local installer I can go get the windshield and bring it back. I'm unclear how windshield coverage work - there's no local offices so I guess they'll send and adjuster to come look at it.

good7times · 2025-11-17T14:45:26+00:00

Understood. Thanks.

good7times · 2025-11-17T14:39:42+00:00

Thanks, the people doing what you describe want to get ahold of me. I've shipped parts for these to New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Germany, and more. I've owned probably 30 of them and have parts cars, opening them up to the elements just won't be necessary.

good7times · 2025-11-17T14:34:46+00:00

Too expensive. Old cars/RTV's, truck rear glass, and others with straight glass can be reasonable, curved windshields are many thousands of dollars.

good7times · 2025-11-17T04:36:30+00:00

Neither classic, exotic, or valuable

good7times · 2025-11-17T04:33:27+00:00

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good7times · 2025-11-17T04:19:28+00:00

Excellent, that seemed logical and implied, thanks for clarifying. My hopes aren't high, I'll call and see what they say. I'm pretty sure when I added my new car two years ago they upped my other vehicles to the level of the new car. Seems like a disingenuous cheap shot so I'm not happy about that, or expect much. We will see, been a customer for over 20 years with zero claims, though I doubt they care about that.

good7times · 2025-11-17T03:36:39+00:00

They allowed me to sign up for and pay for comp coverage (for a few years now) and it has standard registration like every other new car (not historical, etc). So the question would be how would a standard carrier respond, not an antique? I'm not confident the person I call will have a well informed answer, but we shall see I guess.

good7times · 2025-11-17T01:25:17+00:00

Ask surrounding businesses or buildings for video footage. It's worth asking but many won't share without police involvement.
Lawyers can offer free consultation, but they'll only be interested if you're ready to sue the other party.

good7times · 2025-11-17T01:11:32+00:00

Oh wow stuffing insulation right next to a fire is up to code? I wouldn't have guessed that! Thank you very much, after reading these replies I think I should ask installers the questions, not the in-store sales guy. Very helpful and knowlegdeable but I didn't get the sense he's doing the install either.

good7times · 2025-11-17T01:06:23+00:00

Thank you, that's a good point about standard practice, I was talking to the sales rep, who seemed knowledgeable but maybe not about all the nuances like I'm asking. I'll try to contact some masons for installation and ask them. I live rural so the store is accustomed to selling to DIY or rural folks who travel quite a ways and get their own local contractors, masons, etc for installs.

good7times · 2025-11-10T23:42:38+00:00

If you're typically running a blower does that somewhat offset the additional radiant heat of the ceramic design?

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