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Article: Looking for a racquetball revival; It used to be the sport of choice among the health-club crowd. But that was nearly 20 years ago, before some courts were turned into climbing gyms and fitness centers because of declining participation. A few diehards, though, vow to bring the sport back to where it used to be.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 18, 2000
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Racquetball didn't make its last notable impression on America's cultural consciousness when John Candy toted a beer cooler and cigarette onto a court in the motion picture "Splash" 16 years ago. It only seems that way.
Once the cornerstone of any respectable health club, the sport is little more than an afterthought to all but the most loyal players because individualism has become the defining fitness craze.
"Everything's about personal trainers and getting out and doing your own thing now because people are so busy," said Paul Schulz, athletic programmer at Life Time Fitness club in downtown Minneapolis. "There are so many things going on that people ...