Racquetball is a fast-paced two-player game, played with stringed racquets and a hollow rubber ball. All four walls and the ceiling of racquetball courts are playable surfaces (with some situational exceptions), making this a fairly facility-dependent sport.
Courts in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area
EMU's Olds-Robb Rec/IM Building Complex has 8+ racquetball courts.
- Reservations up to 7 days in advance, limited to 1 hour/day (though reservations rarely required, due to number of courts)
- Non-member guest passes $8/person on weekdays ($10 on weekend days)
- 734-487-1338 or in-person to reserve
The Saline Recreation Center has 1 reservable racquetball court.
- Non-member guest passes $12/adult, $5/youth under 17 plus $5/hour court rental fee.
- 734-429-3502, x0, to reserve
The Ypsilanti Township Recreation Center has reservable racquetball courts.
- $6/hour court rental fee for Township residents, $8/hour court rental fee for non-residents. (No facility entry fee.)
- 734-544-3800 to reserve
Lifetime Fitness, in Canton, has reservable racquetball courts.
- Membership required.
- Reservations online: http://scheduler.lifetimefitness.com/signup?club=131&MemberID=&ssoID=&type=10
UM's NCRB and CCRB have reservable racquetball courts.
- Non-member guest passes $10/person
- 734-763-4560 (NCRB) / 734-763-3084 (CCRB) or in-person to reserve.
One on One Athletic Club has six courts.
- $20/day guest pass.
- information via Racquetball Central
Non-courts in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area
- WCC's shiny new mega-fitness center, amazingly, does not have racquetball courts. (Nor tennis courts, incidentally.)
- Washtenaw County's Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center does not have racquetball courts.
- Ann Arbor YMCA used to have racquetball in their former building, but their current building does not.
- Liberty Athletic Club does not have racquetball courts.
