SPA-tlight: Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson, Squash Pro at CityView Racquet Club, Long Island City, NY
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Jacksonville, Alabama, a small southern city in the U.S. No one played squash there, but we did have a...
Squash Boasts Top US Squash Sanctioned Team League Players From Around The Country
Tim Dearnley, Philadelphia, PA.
Tim, originally from Brooklyn, a former player at the Hill School (PA) and Wesleyan University led his Racquet Club of Philadelphia team to the PSRA Division B title this past fall, compiling an 8-0 individual record...
Fundamentals Are Critical
By Peter Nicol
As I now coach year-round, I recognized the importance of taking players I work with to this year’s Tournament of Champions at Grand Central to watch and learn from the best players in the world....
Stay Young! Play Squash! – Part 2
By Candace H. Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Exercise is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Exercising has far reaching health benefits that span across the years. Without regular exercise, achieving your optimal health would be impossible, and...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I heard that there are new rules as of January 2014. Is that true—and will that cause any changes to the way we play?
It’s not so much new rules as it...
Accuracy – Through the Levels
By Adam Hamill, U.S. Junior Men's National Coach
Players competing at the 3.0 level tend to focus on trying to connect with ball without much attention to racquet preparation, position and technique. Often this results in...
Controlling Your Temporal Gaze
By Richard Millman
Are all of your efforts combining to keep you in the best place on the time line of the game—and of your life?
Tempus Fugit, the old Latin maxim goes (literally: Time Flies) and as...
Q&A With an Eye Doctor
Who should wear eye protection?
Everyone.
Only hackers get hurt.
Wrong. Studies have shown that A players are injured as frequently as D players.
Doctors can fix my eye even if I get hit.
Wrong. Surgical results for traumatized eyes...
Will Carlin’s Experience With Being Hit
At the request of Randy Kahn in the Southwest SRA, Will Carlin was asked to write an open letter to their membership two years after he suffered a devastating eye injury in court. Below is...
Pricey Heads Home
By Chris McClintick
Photos by SDA
Squash was the last thing on Paul Price’s mind the week after a five-game loss to Mudge & Gould in the final of the 2014 Putnam Pro-Am. He was more concerned with...