Gluten-Free: Diet or Fad?

By Candace Chemtob With “A-list” movie stars, and nearly one third of Americans decreasing or completely eliminating gluten (Huffington press, 2013), why is “everyone” on this diet? And what is gluten? Gluten is a latin...

Movement and Shot Mechanics: Full Court Press!

By Richard Millman Continuing with the subject of movement on court, let’s turn our attention to the “Full Court Press.” This term, often used in basketball but used in practice in many sports, refers to...

Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A

By Barry Faguy HEY REF! After I’d won a long rally, my opponent asked the Referee: “Were all balls good?” The ref hesitated for a moment and said that he wasn’t sure about one return early on that...

The Mind Game — Taking Control & Ownership

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist As part of championship preparation squads with the England Junior and Senior Teams we often delivered mental training sessions to players and coaching staff.  One of the...

The Lob

By Lynn Leong, U.S. Junior Women's Assistant National Coach In March, I wrote about the boast. While it is one of my favorite shots, the lob is another under-appreciated tool in a squash player’s arsenal....

The Trampoline Effect, Part II: When You Have Speed You Don’t Need

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Ashaway Racket Strings In our last column, we talked about the trampoline effect—string low for power, high for control—and how Gregory Gaultier used lower tension in his...

The Two Swedes

By James Zug New York was the crucible and Uptown was its red-hot center. Opened in the mid-1970s on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Uptown was the flagship of a new era. It had glamour (Woody...

Was This The Biggest Shock of All?

By Richard Eaton Photos Courtesy: Lynn Khoo Is it the beginning of the end for the highest profile player of all time? The question had been regarded by many as unthinkable but it certainly entered a few people’s minds after...

College Squash Across the Pond

By Theo Woodward College squash in the United States is a hugely successful enterprise that has fueled the development of American squash. In contrast, the situation overseas is the opposite: college squash is more of...

The Moose is Still Loose: Mike Corren, the All-Time Great You’ve Never Heard of

By James Zug Look at the list of top eight title winners in the world: seven of the best players ever and a guy the casual observer hasn’t heard of. It’s Mike Corren, the Australian...