Local Call: Mandatory Eye Protection
How many of you have heard the story where a friend of a friend got hit in the eye during a squash match? Sometimes we get lucky and escape with minor injuries; other times...
A Few Things I’ve Learned in 2013
By Peter Nicol
As a player I prided myself on trying to learn from every possible avenue—from the best coach in the world, my opponents, and to a club player who observed a specific weakness in my game....
Building Pressure – Or the Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
By Richard Millman
Camels are strong animals. Over eons they have evolved into beasts of burden with amazing endurance.
But even camels have a breaking point.
Now imagine an improbable competition between a couple of camel merchants who decided to test...
Stay Young! Play Squash!
By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Squash players “peak” later than many other high intensity sports. Currently, eight of the top ten male squash professionals are over thirty years old. In comparison, only two of the...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! What happens if I was given time to fix a bleeding cut in the first game—but in the second game it starts to bleed again?
You are out of luck and...
Deceleration—The Art of Slowing Down
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Take time to watch the top players in the world in action and observe how well they are able to control speed and movement onto the ball...
Mental Toughness
By Paul Assaiante
It is my strong belief that the most underestimated aspect of squash is the mental game!
In terms of the difference in the approach to the mental game from 3.0-5.0, there are actually...
Elias and Sobhy Rise to the Top
By Jay Prince
He picked up a squash racquet at the age of six after first playing tennis for a few years. He became hooked to the point of being determined to master his forehand...
For the 17th Time, Squash Comes to Grand Central
By James Zug
Grand Central Terminal. It is a magical place. It is the monumental building, weighty with history and grandeur. It is the largest rail terminal in the world—terminal not station: Grand Central is...
Vassar Goes Co-Ed
By Bill Buckingham
In 1969, Vassar College declined an offer from Yale University to merge institutions. Instead it became the first and only of the original “Seven Sister” schools to become co-ed (Radcliffe was later...