Top Ten Reasons Why This Was the Greatest United States Open Ever
by James Zug
I Wow Times Infinity
It was packed. At the 2016 Delaware Investments United States Open, there were no gimmicks, no free pizza for Drexel students, no bouncy castle radar zones. It was the...
Conqueror of the World
By James Zug
555: The Untold Story Behind Squash’s Invincible Champion and Sport’s Greatest Unbeaten Run
by Rod Gilmour and Alan Thatcher
Worthing, England: Pitch Publishing, 2016
It is hard to recall now, a quarter of...
Will’s World: Take Note
By Will Carlin
My high school squash notebook looks like a rainbow. For some unremembered reason, I was rigorous about keeping my notes in a different color each day. Not just any color: they had...
Masters of Fate: A Personal Report on the 2016 World Masters
By Alan Stapleton
I am an average squash player, an ever-learning coach and a try-my-best administrator. Squash pulses passionately through my veins. When I heard the news that South Africa was hosting the 2016 World...
FeedForward: Mental Skills Before, During and After a Match
By Amy Gross, Peak Performance & Mental Coach
The single most important thing athletes can do to enhance their performance is improve their mental game, so why do we spend the majority of our time...
Tools of the Trade
By Pierre Bastien
What racquets and shoes were the pros using at the 2016 Delaware Investments U.S. Open?
Camille Serme—Champion
Racquet: Prince Pro Rebel 950 (custom color)
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 4
Nour El Sherbini—Finalist
Racquet: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Shoes:...
Overuse Syndrome
By Joseph Zarett
Professional squash players’ bodies are like musical instruments. If you play properly, it is beautiful music. If you don’t, you can break the strings.
Last year, Mohamed Elshorbagy came in to visit me...
Ready, Set, Go
By Candace Chemtob
Whether you are a junior, college, professional player or a weekend warrior, preparation is essential to your success on the squash court. You have spent countless hours training and conditioning. Don’t drop...
Righty Tighty
By Richard Millman
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being present at the final of the Delaware Investments U.S. Open in Philadelphia. Apart from the packed arena, one of the best...
Hey Ref: December 2016
by Barry Faguy
HEY REF Don’t you guys have a sense of humor?
Oh yeah. A few years ago, Anthony Hill is stopped in mid-play by a ref's call of “not up.” He argues that the...