Publishers Note Fessing-up

By Jay D. Prince Hi. My name is Jay Prince, and I am a 4.5 player. There, I said it. I’m not 100% committed to it, but after losing in the quarterfinals of this year’s...

From US Squash Cleaning Out My Locker

By Jeannie Blasberg As I wind down my term as U.S. SQUASH Board Chair I have some random thoughts to impart while I’m still given some space in the magazine—so bear with me.  As the first...

Letters April/May 2009

Not Up For PAR I am writing to voice my displeasure with the new PAR scoring. I far prefer the English style of scoring points only on one’s serve. PAR may be fine for the...

Michas, Kingshott win DeRoy Sportsmanship Award

The James DeRoy Sportsmanship Award is presented each year at the U.S. Junior Closed Championships (Gold). This award is given annually to one male and one female ranked junior U.S. Squash member who has...

New Mexico Squash

New Mexico Squash Racquets Association was created in the 1980’s by former Navy Squash Captain and Albuquerque native, Randy Kahn. Today, the association continues to flourish along the life lines of New Mexico, the...

The Magic Seven

Frank van Loon, World Squash Federation, Vice-President We all know that seven has a special symbolism. Seven wonders of the ancient world, seven wise men of ancient Greece, seven gates to the other world, seven candles,...

McGuinness, Morris Defend at U.S. Doubles

Teams from all areas of the U.S. and Canada descended on Denver for the 2009 National Doubles Championship from March 27th-29th. Play commenced on Friday morning despite a massive snowstorm that hit the area...

SPA-tlight: Pamela Saunders

This season, U.S. SQUASH has introduced the Squash Professionals Affiliate Program (SPA). With this program, U.S. SQUASH will offer personal liability insurance coverage to qualified squash professionals for coaching, access to a pre-screened, preferred...

Women in Squash

By Jennifer Gabler Pat Millman, “a real country girl,” began her squash career at the age of 30. For the last 25 years, her life has been anchored by her pure love for the game...

Training for Squash – An Overview (Part 2) – Profiling

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month in Part 1 of this article we outlined the physical demands of squash and included examples of statistics from elite level play. In this month’s...