TABLE 17. Organizational Positions on Protective Eyewear for Racket Sports


  Date Organization Level of Play for Which Eyeguards Mandated
Racquetball Sept. 1, 1978 Canadian National Racquetball Association All sanctioned tournaments
Squash June 1980 Canadian Squash Rackets Association Juniors in sanctioned tournaments
Racquetball 1980 St. Lewis Jewish Community Center All players
Squash Oct. 7, 1982 Massachusetts Squash Rackets Association “The MSRA strongly urges that all members, in league and other play, wear polycarbonate, lensed eye protection.”
Squash Sept. 1, 1982 Massachusetts Independent School League All practices and competitions
Racquetball 1982 American Amateur Racquetball Association Eye protection required for juniors (and for doubles as well in Wyoming, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, Missouri, District of Columbia, Montana, Vermont, and Kentucky)
Squash 1982 Ivy League Schools All practices and competitions
Squash 1983 United States Squash Rackets Association All national championships, all levels of play
Racquetball 1983 Spaulding Racket Clubs (35 facilities) Staff and junior players
Racquetball Squash Handball June 19, 1983 American Medical Association Endorsed safety glasses exceeding requirements of ANSI Z 87.1 for these sports
Racquetball 1985 Air Force (regulation 215–22) Eye protection mandatory on all Air Force racquetball courts
Squash 1986 United States Squash Rackets Association All sanctioned tournaments
Squash May 1987 United States Squash Rackets Association Eyeguards made part of the rules of squash play
Racquetball Dec. 1987 American Amateur Racquetball Association All players