Hey Ref: April 2019
by Barry Faguy
HEY REF Last call!
Well folks, nine years later, it’s the end of my writing the officiating column. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a Canadian doing it, but it’s fitting that someone...
Dealing with Squash Shoe Odor
By Pierre Bastien, squash equipment blogger at squashsource.com
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” —Sun Tzu
You may think your faithful squash equipment correspondent is prone to wandering aimlessly. In...
Building the Best: Athlete Development at the Specter Center
By Richard Weber
The Arlen Specter US Squash Center, scheduled to open in Philadelphia on the campus of Drexel University in fall of 2020, will welcome into the squash community players who otherwise would not...
Why Does Squash Make You Happy? Tal Ben-Shahar and Positive Psychology
by James Zug
It is enshrined in our nation’s founding document. The big three: life, liberty and happiness.
In the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that one of the truths, sacred...
$1 Million: Professional Squash Hits Milestone in Chicago
By James Zug
One million. Never in the century-plus history of professional squash had a single tournament offered a seven-digit prize money purse.
In the recent past, there had been a smattering of events that upped...
Navigating the Mental Game: Enhancing Peak Performance in Squash Through Mindfulness
by Eric Zillmer & Madeline Barlow
Drexel University Sports Performance Center
Squash has specific features that set it apart from other sports. It is very fast, with the squash ball travelling upward of over 100 mph....
Eating Well to Feel Well
By Candace Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Food and mood are more closely related than you may think. Besides being one letter apart, what and when you eat can influence your mood. If you have...
Pro-File Affeeq Ismail
Affeeq Ismail
Head Squash Coach
US Squash Pilot Program @ Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA: Marblehead, MA
Lynch/van Otterloo has an extremely active adult squash community. The adult players are consistently organizing round robins and playing in weekly league...
Local Call: Sharing the Ball
This past January, the rules of squash singles were adjusted to limit the warm-up to a maximum of four minutes, replacing the previous rule of five minutes. Players must change sides after two minutes...
A Look Back: April 2019
Twenty Years Ago in Squash Magazine April 1999
Julia Beaver appeared on the cover in a Randall Scott portrait for winning the national intercollegiate individual title as a sophomore, as well as leading Princeton...