The Beauty of Doubles - Part II By James Zug. May 20, 2000. 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.