U.S. SQUASH Changes Junior Ranking Methodology

A year in the planning, U.S. SQUASH has started its rollout of the planned restructuring of the junior rankings system for the 2010-2011 season. The changes are based on feedback from players, teaching professionals,...

New U.S. SQUASH Skill Level Championship Structure Announced

U.S. SQUASH announced an important change to the Regional Skill Level Championships at the 2010 Assembly in Chicago last week. For 2011, only players qualifying by reaching the finals in his or her division in a Regional...

Daryl Selby: The Making of a (Future?) Champion

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sale & Marketing Asaway Racket Strings Now age 27 and starting his sixth year on the PSA tour, Daryl Selby seems to be hitting his stride. Ranked 33 in the...

Vroom, Vroom: The Harrow Sneak will get your motor running.

Have you ever experienced that adrenaline rush when a hot car is sitting at a traffic light just dying to throw down the hammer with treads that are gushing with confidence? You know, the...

Core Training & Back Health for Squash—Part II

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last article we discussed the concepts of core training, and highlighted some common exercises that, in most circumstances, are not the best choice in helping...

Blocking or Trapping: What’s the difference?

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee The term ‘blocking’, as commonly used by Referees and players, is actually not specifically found in the rules. In the pejorative sense in which we usually use...

Boast Mechanics Part 1

By Richard Millman, Owner—Westchester Squash The value of a boast has to be considered in light of the situation in which it is played. Boasts (or angles—shots played off of two or more walls, usually...

2010 U.S. Open Squash Championships

By Jay D. Prince Photos by Marian Kraus The 2010 U.S. Open Squash Championships, 18 months in the making, had what some football analysts might call the potential for becoming a “trap game” before it started—the Commonwealth Games were...

World Open: Fitz loses record but keeps job

By Richard Eaton Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com “Yes, she can definitely keep her job!” Nicol David joked about Sarah Fitz-Gerald. Well, the sparring partner from Australia had just helped the Malaysian to a fifth World Open...

College Preview

By Anne P. Bello and Michael T. Bello Photos by Michael T. Bello The final match of the 2009-2010 college squash season may have been its best. Trinity junior Pamela Hathway took Harvard first-year Laura Gemmell...