11 Reasons for PAR 11

1. At the WSF, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the scoring change. 

2. Many tournaments and leagues are already using PAR 11, College Squash Association tested PAR 11 at the Ivy Scrimmages and The New England Scholastic Squash Association league (70 high school teams) adopted PAR 11 officially for this season.  

3. Many other squash playing countries have already adopted PAR 11 

4. By making a swift change, we will reduce confusion and be early in our compliance with the WSF rule.  

5. Primary among the reasons the WSF provided for making this change was creating a standard scoring system worldwide. There are other advantages to adopting the PAR 11 scoring system including: 

6. Reduced tournament fatigue, lowering susceptibility to injury for juniors and adults.

7. Simplified scheduling of tournaments due to more predictable match times.

8. More exciting and easily understood system for spectators and non-squash players. 

9. Shorter matches for certain age divisions, very young and old, may be countered by providing more opportunities to play. While shorter matches may be the case in some instances, the change in scoring system takes strategic adjustments which have been found to counter this potential impact. In addition, we have two tools to use to address issues to engage younger players and to keep older players in the game. They are the ball, and the tin height.  

The PSA already lowers their tin by 2 inches, Dunlop makes four different balls (5 if you count the high altitude). The PRO, or double yellow dot, is used by the pros and just about everyone else. The COMPETITION, the single dot, is just a little bit livelier, and is used effectively with younger and older players. This is similar to what Callaway did in golf by introducing the Big Bertha 20 years ago. 

10. On the whole, the sport is left with a simpler, universal, and exciting scoring format for all players.  

11. U.S. SQUASH still sanctions both the PAR 11 and international, “Hand In Hand Out” to 9 scoring systems. The decision is up to the tournament director, league officials, or individuals playing their own games. PAR 11 is simply the primary scoring system.