Publishers Note Keep Learning

By Jay Prince Somebody once asked my why I am so into sports. The simple answer is: because they are fun. But the reality is that I have always enjoyed the challenge of pushing my physical...

From US Squash Nation. Team. Title. Unite.

By Kevin Klipstein International athletic competitions such as the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup have a way of uniting nations and obscuring differences among people. Rooting for your country just feels good, and rallying behind...

USOC Awards for Three Coaches

U.S. SQUASH has honored Martin Heath, Renato Paiva and Pat Yuen with the prestigious U.S. Olympic Committee Coach of the Year Award. Heath, Paiva and Yuen are all automatically nominated to be selected as the USOC...

U.S. to Host Women’s World Junior Squash Championships

U.S. SQUASH is proud to announce that the 2011 Women’s World Junior Squash Championships, July 20-30, will be hosted at the Murr Center on the campus of Harvard University, in Boston (MA). World Squash Federation CEO Andrew...

US Pro—Julian Illingworth

What am I going to do after squash? I have been asked this question constantly since I graduated college and started playing squash professionally in 2006. After playing for five years and making the top 30...

Young Stars Energize US Squash Hardball Singles Nationals!!

Hardball Singles is not just for “old” guys. The 2011 Hardball Singles National championships at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Boston, February 18-20, was dominated by enthusiastic, young talent, with 15 players in the Open...

Doubles or Nothing: A Novice Plays in the U.S. Century

By Tracy Gates A man dressed in squash whites came walking up to me about five minutes before our match, a big smile on his face: “You must be my partner,” he boomed heartily. “Glad to meet...

Managing Your Time: Micro, Macro, Body, Mind and Soul

By Richard Millman, Owner—Westchester Squash This month I wanted to give you a simple way of monitoring your progress and development in your game. Everything in Squash is about managing time (and I mean everything). How you...

Balancing Court Fitness & Body Health – Part 1

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Hopefully this article will be read by players of all ages, some with aspirations to further improve their playing level, and others with the goal of simply trying to...

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink! #3

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Here’s the third in a short series of short articles dealing with what can be called ‘conventions’—used here in the sense of ‘understandings’ where we don’t necessarily follow...