2009 March

By Kevin Klipstein, CEO, U.S. SQUASH Sports metaphors are commonly used as metaphors for life, school or work: “It’s going to be a sprint to the finish,” “It’s early in the game,” “Third and long,”...

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In order to plan effective physical training programs for any sport there are two important initial steps. Firstly we need to understand the physical demands of the sport...

By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee A recent e-mail brought up two issues that have been addressed before in this column, but the correct outcome has clearly not taken root everywhere. The correspondent...

By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club Roll on Summer! And these days even Winter and Spring! This piece is aimed at anyone who would like to spend a concentrated period of time...

By Steve Crandall Vice President, Sales & Marketing Ashaway Racket Strings Players and tournament organizers are always interested in sponsorships. As this is a subject that is often talked of, but seldom written about, I thought it...

Richard J Friedman, MD, FRCSC Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical University of South Carolina Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC. Significant advances in orthopaedic surgery may allow squash players with previously disabling arthritis to continue...

By Bill Buckingham With the U.S. High School Championship’s doubling in size over the past three years, the rapid growth of the U.S. Middle School Team Championships (nearly 30 teams competing in only its second...

By James Zug Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com Remember Kurt Hulton’s 1934 photograph of Grand Central? Soft shafts of light streaming down on the tiny, doll-like people meeting and parting and hurrying. But exactly three-quarters of a...

By James Zug During the JPMorgan Tournament of Champions, one special event occurred 17 blocks north of Grand Central. It was a sneak-peek screening of Keep Eye on Ball: The Hashim Khan Story. Directed by...

By Will Carlin On a cold October evening a number of years ago, I was on the phone with fellow squash player, Derrick Niederman. I was sitting in my apartment, and the light from the day...