Playing Squash to One Hundred: Fantasy or Reality?

by Robert P. Mosier Is there anything an aging squash player can do to improve the odds of being on the court or even a national champion at age 100? With average life expectancy...

Zyex Squash String Design and Performance

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Ashaway Racket Strings In this and the next column we're doing for the February issue, I'd like to connect the dots between two major raw materials used in...

Learning from the Best

By Peter Nicol MBE, www.squashskills.com I am in the lucky position of dealing with the best coaches and players in the world while arranging and filming content for Squashskills.com. Prior to filming, I go through the...

Spa-tlight

Celia Allamargot Head Squash Coach, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwhich CT There are quite a few differences between squash here in the U.S. and in France.The first one that comes to my mind is between turning pro or going to college....

Don’t Blame the Ball

There is often some confusion around when, if at all, a ball can be replaced in the middle of a match. It’s not uncommon in league matches or tournament play for a ball to be used multiple matches...

Travel to my Hometown

By Gregory Gaultier My club is Set Squash Aix-en-Provence. It’s a bit outside the city. It has eighteen tennis courts, twelve squash courts, four paddle courts, three swimming pools, two restaurants and one golf course. It’s an amazing...

90 Seconds with Mathieu Castagnet

SQUASH MAGAZINE: Describe Yourself in One Word. MATHIEU CASTAGNET: Fighter. SM: What is one thing about you people in the squash world don’t know? MC: I love drinking red wine and smoking cigars. I don’t do it very...

Squash Boast

Being a captain of a district league team can be a thankless job, but these leaders find that the rewards far outweigh the challenges Keith Munsell, Massachusetts: Keith was captain of a hardball team back in...