Fundamentals Are Critical
By Peter Nicol
As I now coach year-round, I recognized the importance of taking players I work with to this year’s Tournament of Champions at Grand Central to watch and learn from the best players in the world....
Stay Young! Play Squash! – Part 2
By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Exercise is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Exercising has far reaching health benefits that span across the years. Without regular exercise, achieving your optimal health would be impossible, and...
The Trampoline Effect and String Tension Strategy
By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Ashaway Racket Strings
Rod Gilmour made some very interesting points about string tension in his latest "String Matters" column in the UK's Squash Player magazine (SP Volume 41, 2013,...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I heard that there are new rules as of January 2014. Is that true—and will that cause any changes to the way we play?
It’s not so much new rules as it...
Deceleration – The Art of Slowing Down, Part 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month, let’s consider some training concepts designed to help improve a player’s ability to decelerate and control speed more effectively on the squash court.
A...
Accuracy – Through the Levels
By Adam Hamill, U.S. Junior Men's National Coach
Players competing at the 3.0 level tend to focus on trying to connect with ball without much attention to racquet preparation, position and technique. Often this results in...
Controlling Your Temporal Gaze
By Richard Millman
Are all of your efforts combining to keep you in the best place on the time line of the game—and of your life?
Tempus Fugit, the old Latin maxim goes (literally: Time Flies) and as...
Thirty Years On: The History of Eye Protection in the U.S.
By James Zug
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
It happened in a challenge match. Jose and I were both seniors, the two captains of the team, battling it out on a dark, winter night in New Hampshire...
Q&A With an Eye Doctor
Who should wear eye protection?
Everyone.
Only hackers get hurt.
Wrong. Studies have shown that A players are injured as frequently as D players.
Doctors can fix my eye even if I get hit.
Wrong. Surgical results for traumatized eyes...
Will Carlin’s Experience With Being Hit
At the request of Randy Kahn in the Southwest SRA, Will Carlin was asked to write an open letter to their membership two years after he suffered a devastating eye injury in court. Below is...