Travel to My Hometown

By Miguel Angel Rodriguez In Bogota we have seven private squash clubs and four public ones. The best club is where I train—Club El Nogal (www.clubelnogal.com). It is all...

In Memoriam Walter Fitch Pettit and G. Douglas Talbott

WALTER FITCH PETTIT 1918-2014 Walter Fitch Pettit, one of the pioneers of squash on the West Coast, died in June 2014. He was ninety-six. Pettit grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and was a member of the Princeton class of 1940. Pettit played...

SPAt-light: Jessica Helal

Jessica Helal Squash Pro at Equinox Sports Club Orange County, CA What Club do you work at and what is your title? I am based out of the Equinox Sports Club in Irvine (Orange County) where I am...

Motivating Oneself to Stay in Shape to Play

By Peter Nicol In the last year I turned 41, moved to New York and had a baby, alongside starting a new business and continuing my work with SquashSkills. What suffered was my fitness (waistline!) and...

Sweat is Good for the Soul

By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD “To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear” —Buddha Exercise is good for the...

Squash Players The Ultimate Goal Keepers

By Richard Millman Our sport is a modern reflection of the very primeval attitudes and instincts that have allowed us to get this far in our history. Our two essential survival sensory systems—namely primary  focus  and peripheral awareness—constantly...

Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A

By Barry Faguy HEY REF! I broke my racquet and after changing it, I wanted to hit the ball a few times to get a feel for it—but my opponent  refused and insisted we play...

The Mind Game—Better By Mistake

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In some sports a mistake can be the defining movement between success and failure at the highest level: missing a gate in a ski slalom event; over-rotating on...

Tactical Analysis

By Scott Devoy, U.S. National Junior Women's Coach One of the biggest differences between players at lower levels compared to the upper levels can be seen in their variety of play—or lack of it. Whether...