fā xiàn Dalian, discovering sides of Dalian you haven't heard about.

发现大连，为你探索不寻常的大连。

Keep on reading, there's an Easter egg at the end of the article.

文末有彩蛋

The squash court at the Xigang Sports Center is Dalian's only glass squash court. The bright, neat-looking room is a totally fine place to work up a sweat...

西岗体育馆内的壁球馆是目前大连市唯一一家玻璃壁球馆，明亮的球室，激烈的击打，尽情享受运动带来的快感...

Squash was invented by the British Harrow School students in 1830. In 1864, the first dedicated squash court was built in Harrow, London, which marks the official recognition of squash as a new sports branch.

1830年，英国哈罗公学的学生发明了壁球这项运动。1864年，第一块专用打壁球的场地在哈罗修建，这也成为该运动正式创立的标志。

Squash is meant to be an indoor sport, which means that you can play squash any day of the year (no more weather-related excuses!).

壁球是一项室内项目，它不受季节、天气的限制，是一项全天候的运动。

Because the court is small while the ball is fast and most of the time unpredictable, to be able to master squash you need to have a fast reflex, fast movement and precise estimation. As a result, playing squash for one hour burns more calories than playing tennis for the same amount of time.

因为壁球的场地小，球速快，球路变化莫测，因而要求人的反应、动作极快。据测算，相同运动时间内，壁球的运动量要远大于网球的。

And this sport is for everyone. The two gentlemen on the pictures above are regulars of the court.

这又是一项老少皆宜的运动，图片上的两位老者都是经常到馆内打壁球的爱好者。

The Squash Hall of the Xigang Sports Center will organize various squash events on a regular basis.

西岗体育馆内的壁球馆会定期承办各类壁球赛事。

How little kids are taught the basic techniques of squash.

一群小娃娃，萌萌哒。

The court is also suitable for both work and leisure events. Just imagine how easy bonding with others would be when playing this awesome sport.

同样，这里很适合公司做团建活动，有什么能比互相切磋更能促进感情的呢？

And, no, we're not all-talk-no-action type of people. The reason we're writing this is because we actually went and tried.

说了这么多，小编特意和同事 一起到馆内感受了一把...

(First of all, thanks to our colleague for being on these pictures. You're awesome!)

（特别感谢同事的友情客串）

Serve.

发球。

And... she nailed it after 10 minutes!

好吧，她10分钟就学会了！

Here is a video footage. It's 15 seconds long.

来看一下对打视频，时长15秒

So, are you interested to try it?

看了这么多，你是不是也跃跃欲试了呢？去试试？

Address：Xigǎng qū Mínyùn jiē 3 hào, Xigǎng Tǐyùguǎn nèi / 西岗区民运街3号，西岗体育馆内

Business hours：9:00 - 21:00

Fee：

Original price：120RMB/hour

Through Dianping,

50RMB/hour on Monday - Friday, 9:00 - 16:00

80RMB/hour on Monday - Friday, 16:00 - 21:00; Saturday - Sunday, 9:00-21:00

Note：The price above includes 2 rackets and 1 ball, suitable for 2-4 people.

How to get there：

Take Bus #12, #15, #15, #22, #23, #32, #406, #410, #48, #4, #522, #531, #533, #701, or #901, get off at Àolínpǐkè Guǎngchǎng (奥林匹克广场) bus stop

地址：西岗区民运街3号，西岗体育馆内

营业时间：9:00-21:00

价格：

原价：120元/小时；

大众点评价：

周一到周五，9:00-16:00，50元/小时；16:00-21:00，80元/小时；

周六、周日，9:00-21:00，80元/小时；

注：以上价格，包括2只球拍，1个球，可以供2-4人使用

乘车路线：

乘坐12路，15路，16路，22路，23路，32路，406路，410路，48路，4路，522路，531路，533路，701路，901路公交车，在奥林匹克广场站下车

And... here is the Easter egg!

(OK, it's not an actual Easter egg since it's not at all hidden, but it's exciting to know nonetheless)

彩蛋来了

So, on the day we visited the venue, we didn't come home empty handed. Instead, we brought back 9 120RMB gift cards! 

小编这次可没白去，带回来9张，价值120元的体验卡！

This is how you can earn the gift card: In the comment section, write down your thoughts on squash. We will publish the first 100 comments, and out of them the 9 best commenters will be rewarded with one voucher each. So, best of luck, everyone! (This activity ends on April 1st at 21:00)

• Gift card is valid until April 30th, 2017.

• In order to use the gift card, you need to make an appointment one day in advance.

• The gift card is worth 1 hour and includes 2 rackets and 1 ball for 2-4 people.

• Free coaching.

在留言里聊一聊壁球，留言最用心的9位读者，将获得体验卡一张（活动截止至4月1日21:00，入选后我们会在留言中回复你的，留言只能入选100位，抓住机会呀！）

• 体验卡有效期至2017年4月30日；

• 需要提前1天预约；

• 体验时间是1小时，提供2支球拍，一个球，可供2-4人同时使用；

• 教练免费指导。

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