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“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won” - Winston Churchill
In the last 25 years, squash in the US has experienced two major shifts. These shifts have resulted in a massive and difficult change physically, and perhaps...
A Look Back
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine February 2001
Michelle Quibell adorned the cover for winning the U.S. Junior Open GU19 title and for beating Kasey Brown in the finals of the British Junior Open GU17....
90 Seconds With Nour El Sherbini
Squash Magazine: What are some things you enjoying doing other than squash?
Nour El Sherbini: I love playing tennis and soccer, and going out with my friends.
SM: Who are some of your sporting idols?
NS: Roger...
How to be a Good Squash Parent: A Look at New Books
By James Zug
The Winning Parent: A Parent’s Guide for the Journey of Competitive Sport—A System for Winning Now and Forever with Your Children in Sport
By Daniel Massaro
(New York: Mairs & Shaw Publishing, 2015)
Last year...
SquashBond Promotes Bonds of Friendship in Israel
By James Zug
It sounds deceptively simple. Put two kids in a squash court and let them play.
Nothing is simple in Israel. History, religion, politics impinge—disruptively—on every aspect of life.
“Back in 2012, I was talking...
Amanda Sobhy’s Miracle on 42nd Street
by James Zug
In January 2010 just before the men’s final of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, two teenaged girls from New York stepped out onto the portable glass court in Grand Central Terminal...
The Ferocity of His Velocity: Gregory Gaultier Finally Wins the World Title
By James Zug
When Gregory Gaultier won the 2015 Men’s World Squash Championships, the scene was perhaps as dramatic a moment as we have ever seen at the forty-year-old event. Gaultier was avenging nine years...