Sports Nutrition Strategies: Reduce Your Risk of Injury on the Court
By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Squash injuries are more common than you might think. A study of 155 players in New York City found an injury rate of 44.5%. Of those injuries,...
Elementary, My Dear Watson: Fundamentals and How Simple isn’t Always Easy
By Richard Millman
Sir Conan Doyle's great detective Sherlock Holmes was wont to use his favorite throw away line: 'Elementary, my dear Watson!' on occasions when his sidekick finally understood how Holmes had solved the...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! It really gets on my nerves when I have an opponent who takes too long between rallies, either to serve, or to receive serve—especially if they obviously need to catch...
Taking Time Away From Competition
By Damon Leedale-Brown, sports scientist & conditioning specialist
The increasing move towards year-round competition schedules and early specialization in youth sports contradicts the majority of research that warns of the risks associated with such an...
Squash—Otherwise Known as Physical Chess
By Gilly Lane, U.S. national coach
People often refer to the sport of squash as a game of physical chess. You are constantly trying to out-think your opponent on the go. While the sport of...
2015 Technifibre Squash Racquets
By Pierre Bastien, squash equipment blogger at squashsource.com
Ah, summer. While things can be a bit slow around the squash courts during the warmer months, it’s an exciting time in the squash equipment world, because this...
Pan American Games—Medals of Every Hue
By Chris McClintick
Photos by Paige Stewart
“In an indifferent Toronto, the Pan Am Games Land With a Thud,” read a headline in The New York Times one day before the quadrennial Games’ opening ceremony. Earlier...
Catalina Pelaez Shares Her Experience of Explosion at Club El Nogal
On February 7, 2003, a terrorist bomb exploded at Club El Nogal, Bogota's leading squash club. Thirty-six people were killed and more than 200 were wounded, including Catalina Pelaez.
It was a normal Friday. I...
Squash Urbano Colombia: Building Champions in Cartagena
By James Zug
Jesus David Flores is the youngest of four brothers. He is eleven, a fifth grader, a wiry, fresh-eyed, inquisitive kid. His father is a mototaxista—he drives a motorcycle taxi around Cartagena. Jesus joined Squash...
The Little Secret Game
By James Zug
Earlier this summer, I went to my local club and got on the squash court with Richard Millman. An Englishman who has been coaching in the States for a quarter century, Millman...