Opportunity in Chaos: Damien Mudge Retires After Record Doubles Career

by James Zug Damien Mudge has an intentional relationship with velocity. For twenty years he played professional squash doubles across North America. The very first time he went on a doubles court, his boss and...

Squash Shots & Rorschach Inkblots: It is Open to Interpretation

By Eric Zillmer, Athletic Director, Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University We love competitive squash because it provides us with an accessible slice of life. We don’t only like to play squash; we also enjoy...

The U.S. Wins World Championship – The Story of the 1980 World Juniors

Forty years ago, in March 1980, a half dozen enterprising, young women flew to Sweden for the first-ever World Junior Championships: Patrice McConnell Cormwell, Kat Castle Grant, Karen Kelso, Alicia McConnell, Diana Staley and...

Hybrid Stringing Comes to Squash!

By Steve Crandall Vice President, Sales & Marketing Ashaway Racket Strings   Hybrid stringing for squash? In a word, yes. Hybrid stringing is coming to squash. And for very good reasons as we shall see.    First, a bit of background....

What was I thinking!

by Richard Millman  If you are an enthusiastic squash player, you probably play competitive matches, train, practice and take lessons. That’s a pretty normal diet for a squash enthusiast. Yet you may find that you...

Put Me In Coach

by Sheldon Anderson, US Squash Pro Tour 2 Referee  I grew up hearing “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” This seemed pretty straight forward at the time but...

Sequencing

By Will Carlin In 2007 I was working for a client with a very cool technology platform. NeighborhoodScout had built an incredibly comprehensive database of over 600 characteristics that they used to create a neighborhood...

Another Break in the Ball

When a ball breaks, if either player identifies the issue after a rally then a let is granted, and the point is replayed. A player may stop mid-rally if they think the ball is...