A Look Back May 2014
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine
June 1999
Jay Prince presciently profiled Nicol David in the lead-up to the Junior Women’s Worlds in Antwerp, which the fifteen-year-old Malaysian won. Since then, David has won a second...
Editor’s Note
By Jay D. Prince, Editor in Chief
One of the most heart-warming times of the year is when the DeRoy Sportsmanship Award is given out by US Squash. Sadly, most of us have witnessed players and parents succumbing to...
90 Seconds With Laurens Anjema
Squash Magazine: Describe the first time you played squash.
Laurens Anjema: I loved the sound the ball made on the front wall. It was in the Hague in Holland. My dad was twelve-time national champion...
Movement and Shot Mechanics: Full Court Press!
By Richard Millman
Continuing with the subject of movement on court, let’s turn our attention to the “Full Court Press.” This term, often used in basketball but used in practice in many sports, refers to...
SPA-tlight: John Rooney
John Rooney, Head Professional, Buffalo Tennis and Squash Buffalo, New York
John is the two-time Irish National Champion, winning the title in 2009 and 2010. He rose to a high of world No. 52, including a...
From US Squash
By Kevin D. Klipstein, President & Chief Executive Officer
At the fifty-ninth hosting of the Junior Nationals this spring, we honored Olivia Fiechter and Derek Hsue with the 2014 DeRoy Sportsmanship Award. Each year we...
The Trampoline Effect, Part II: When You Have Speed You Don’t Need
By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Ashaway Racket Strings
In our last column, we talked about the trampoline effect—string low for power, high for control—and how Gregory Gaultier used lower tension in his...
The Two Swedes
By James Zug
New York was the crucible and Uptown was its red-hot center. Opened in the mid-1970s on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Uptown was the flagship of a new era. It had glamour (Woody...