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...

Prince Adds to exo³ Family

Prince in baaacccckkk, and hitting the market with four new stick in their exo³ line. Leading the charge is an updated exo³ Rebel that is little changed from earlier renditions but sporting a new gold and black...

Head Radical II Indoor

On the court, the last thing you want to think about is your feet while you’re playing. But they are also one of the first things that will distract you if you’re slipping and...

What Professional Players Say About Ashaway

World-class athletes may be born with unique talents, but any one of them will tell you it takes a whole lot more than talent to make it to the top in any sport. It takes...

Ashaway’s UltraNick® Multifilament Zyex® Strings: Soft Power

Early in 2010, Ashaway introduced UltraNick® 18, a new Zyex-based squash string, built on “a new Zyex multifilament core.” Later that year, Ashaway introduced another Zyex product, the heavier gauge UltraNick 17, also boasting “a new Zyex multifilament...

Video & Match Analysis

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month we discussed watching the best players in the world in action and what can be learned from seeing them in competition. One common factor across all...

Wilson DdlTrouble & Blade Blx

When a racquet company sends us models to play test, the differences are usually subtle; almost to the point of boiling down to weight and balance. But Wilson recently sent us two new models to try,...

What Balance and Weight of Racquet Should You Buy and Why?

By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation A racquet is simply an implement to allow you to direct and control the ball in such a way that you can facilitate your own movement...

HEAD Cyano2 115

Before you go running away from the HEAD Cyano2 115 thinking to yourself, “Waaaaaay too light for me,” take a deep breath and pick the thing up. This neon yellow stick may say it’s 115g, but...

David Palmer: Competing With the Inevitable

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales For every player, no matter how great, there comes a point when the performance curve begins to bend. It’s not an abrupt change, or one that’s even noticeable at first. But...