Looking straight at your thumb you will see that together with your forefinger, they form a V . Again, for demonstration purposes treat your thumb as the 12 o clock position. The forefinger is at 1 o clock position in the forehand perspective. In the backhand perspective, your thumb is still at the 12 o clock position. Talent and skills are not the only important elements of the game. You still have to brush up on your racquetball talk. Let s start the ball rolling on the court. Midway and parallel to the front and back wall is the back edge of the short line. Five feet right in front and parallel to the back edge of the short line is the front edge of the service line. Weak zones Mentally divide the court into four rectangles (zones). Discover which of the zones your opponent is weakest (Is he left-handed? Poor backhand player?) and try to exploit that zone. Again, you need to practice first how you can place your shots at will at these distinct areas. Leaning Your opponent will look for a certain serve (as you do yourself if he or she serving. Racquetball is a good example. Throughout the years various players and organizations have stamped their contribution in order to skyrocket the game to fame and glory. The IRF or International Racquetball Federation facilitates the entirety of the World Racquetball Championships which initially took place in 1981 along with the very first World Games. Four years later Kendler was involved in an argument with the IRA board of directors which resulted into his formation of a pair of racquetball organizations. Nevertheless the IRA remained the game s top organization as mandated by the US Olympic Committee. The IRA kicked off the first ever professional tournament in 1974 and in the same year stood out as a founding member of the International Racquetball Federation or IRF. Game proper A racquetball game starts with a coin toss, with the winner choosing to either serve or receive the first game. In the second game, the server becomes the receiver. The player or team that scores the most points in the 1st two games chooses to serve or receive during the tiebreaker. (If both have equal scores in the 1st 2 games, there is a coin toss.