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30/06/2008 - Squash is racketing up a lot of interest - Some US rules have changed, and fans now include college hopefuls and inner-city youths. |
By Janet Cromley of the Los Angeles Times
In a space not much bigger than a hamster cage, longtime squash players David Jung and John Dewis look like human pinballs – moving in lightning-quick steps, deftly avoiding each other as they change course or screech to a halt, wielding their feather-light squash racquets like overzealous exterminators.
They're a blur of motion and flying sweat as they take turns slamming the ball into the wall, dashing out of the ball's way and positioning themselves for a rapid-fire return.
In the course of their 45-minute game, they will burn more than 700 calories, according to www.caloriesperhour.com– a whopping number compared with most other sports. During the same time period, they would burn less than 500 calories playing tennis and just over 600 calories playing racquetball.
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