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2009 September

Publishers Note Dousing the Flame

By Jay D. Prince Last month, I was hopeful that squash would be celebrating the International  Olympic Committee vote that would be moving our sport one step closer to the 2016 Olympics. Uh...not so much. Squash needed life-support...

From US Squash Straight Talk

By Kevin Klipstein This past spring Martin Bronstein posted his monthly story on SquashTalk.com in which he leveled some charges against me and the President of the French Federation. In conclusion he asked, “…where do...

PLAY SQUASH

"PLAY SQUASH” is a U.S. SQUASH initiative to encourage in-club squash play and participation. The program offers pros and coordinators the online tools needed to easily organize play at the club level, and it...

Busy Summer for U.S. Juniors

As has been the growing trend in the ever increasing globalized squash world, many U.S. juniors went abroad this summer to hone their skills against some of the best players in the world. Juniors in...

Carl Stanford Forsythe III: Junior Squash Pioneer

Junior squash in the United States has grown substantially in both the number of players and the quality of the game over the past 10 years. In 1996, the United States Squash Racquets Association...

Life Time Fitness Makes Commitment to Squash

By Scott Leighton Over the past ten years, squash has shown significant strides toward becoming more accessible to a larger group of potential players. One only needs to look to the urban squash programs which...

SPA-tlight: Lynn Leong

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...

U.S. Set to Improve at 2009 Men’s World Team Championships

By Scott Leighton The Men’s World Team Championships is the premier team event in the world for professional squash players. While the current members of the U.S. Men’s team have been climbing up the professional...

Strength Training for Squash —An Introduction

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last issue we discussed ideas for a balanced summer training program, with one of the key areas being functional strength and mobility training for squash. Squash imposes...

Jail—and How to Get Out

By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club What do I mean by ‘Jail’? Well, the back of the court, or more specifically the back corners in particular. Since 80% of the game of Squash...