History of Squash Sports in Nigeria
The history of this sport dates back to the twelfth century when the France youths first played the game in their village streets to the end of the fifteenth century when racket was discovered in Dutch. During the 16 century game of rackets was also played in England which involved players hitting a hollow softball against the wall.
The popularity of this game continued to increase through the 19th century to 1984 in Hampshire and other counties like Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The game then became a national sport known as tennis. It was later invented in Great Britain as lawn tennis when Hewitt and the Williams sisters first played it; thereafter the association was later formed in Britain.
Later in 1970s squash was brought to Nigeria and was specifically known as squash in the sense that the difference between the two games is obvious.
The clearest difference is that the squash court is marked by walls where players hit the balls whereas the tennis court features a rectangular flat open surface.
The development of squash in Nigeria became the basis for the formulation of some related associations which helps to organize squash in the country. Some of these organizations include Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF), Nigeria Squash Professional Association (NSPAN) and Chamberlain Squash Open (CSO).
Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF) is a professional governing body that was founded in 1974 to administer and supervise the sport of squash at the national stage.
