Making Improvements—It’s a Process
By Peter Nicol
One of the hardest aspects of trying to improve is the time it can take to make the slightest change and have that be implemented into your game. A change in technique...
Head Turn Progressions
By Richard Millman
Picking up where we left off last month, you’ll recall that “a deep understanding of how to create a ninety-degree angle between the racquet and the direction that you wish the ball...
Proper Hydration—If You’re Thirsty, It’s Too Late
By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
The proverbial “low hanging fruit” in sports nutrition is proper hydration. Improving your hydration regimen can have a significant impact on your athletic performance. And even better...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
Having originally dealt with all the key principles of decision making in treatise form, we carry on the explanations by zeroing in on questions we’ve received over the years.
HEY REF! My opponent’s...
Strength Training and the Young Athlete—Part III
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month’s issue let us look at a series of strength exercises that would provide a good starting point for any young squash player’s...
Squash Technique, Breaking Through The Levels
By Natalie Grainger
Last month, we introduced a new LessonCourt series to help you break through different skill levels. The approach with this will be to look closely at specific techniques and strategies that can...
Upstate Upstarts: Rochester and St. Lawrence are Looking to Rock the Men’s College Squash...
By Bill Buckingham
Photos by Michael Bello
The wall of fame right outside the office of St. Lawrence University coach Chris Abplanalp, boasts plaques of former athletic stars, the most popular with the tour groups being...
Matthew Achieves One of the Great Surprises
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com
It was one of the three or four greatest World Championships surprises of all time. Those who witnessed the U.S. Open final only sixteen days before might rate it...
Cincinnati Launches New Model of Growth
By James Zug
Neal Tew is the purveyor of a new method of developing squash: the nonprofit club.
Tew grew up playing at the Cincinnati Country Club. He was one of Don Mills’ protégés. The class...
Access Squash Academy
By Pia A. Floresca
One of the biggest international efforts in squash in the past decade has been the quest to join the Olympic Games. In each of the past two campaigns, an Access Youth...