Thirty Years On: The History of Eye Protection in the U.S.

By James Zug Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com It happened in a challenge match. Jose and I were both seniors, the two captains of the team, battling...

String Tech: Dynamic Stiffness and Tension Holding

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Ashaway Racket Strings We’ve used the terms “dynamic stiffness” and “tension loss” any number of times in...

Publishers Note The Eyes Have It

By Jay D. Prince Iritis. Vitreous and/or Retinal Detachment. Floaters. Flashing light in peripheral vision. It doesn't take much thought to guess that I'm talking...

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...

Utilizing Technology to Improve Your Game

By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1 I’ve used video analysis since I was midway through my professional career, some time ago now! However, I...

Head Sticks and Dogs

If there is one piece of squash equipment that players are particularly picky about, it’s their shoes. Head has produced a solid entry for...

String Playability: Different Strokes for Different Folks

By Steve Crandall, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Ashaway Racket Strings String choice is a very individual and subjective decision. Sometimes the choice seems obvious....

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...

Zyex® String Construction: Hard and Soft Power

Last time in this column we compared the material properties of natural gut, nylon and Zyex®, and how relative factors such as dynamic stiffness,...

Comparing Zyex®, Gut and Nylon

One of the difficulties in talking about string is that we have no common frame of reference. When someone says its 25°F outside, you...