There is no doubt at all that doubles at all games are infinitely superior to singles if only because they introduce that element of team spirit and combination which are so essential to sport. With the introduction of doubles there should really be no limit to the playing life of the happy Squash player. Yes, for all this, but also for the fact that squash doubles is a quintessential American game. Doubles explained A doubles court, a box of 22,500 cubic feet, is exactly the right amount of space. It creates a remarkable situation where creativity is contained and constrained by the law of gravity.
Doubles works because of limitations.
The game is one of close-combat violence. Four players, all standing in close proximity to each other in the middle of the court, bash a little rock at each other. To the novice spectator, the violence looks random. The angles and combinations of ricochets, the volcanic spray of drives, rebounds, volleys and drop shots, cloud the newcomer's eye. To the initiated, doubles bears zen-like fruit.