Article and photos by Preston Quick
The Apawamis Club in Rye New York played host to the 2012 U.S. Squash Doubles Championships. Title sponsored by Hospital for Special Surgery, the event was also co-hosted at six area clubs: Round Hill Club, Westchester Country Club, Field Club of Greenwich, Greenwich Country...
Article and photos by Jay D. Price
For some, the U.S. Squash Skill Level Championships have been an event in which youth has been the great equalizer, making the notion of “skill level” seem a bit of a misnomer. The point is, at times, hard to argue. For example, two...
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
The next new world number one has announced herself. She will get to the top within three years. In doing so she will depose the highest profile woman the sport has ever seen.
So says Amir Wagih, the Egyptian head coach. It is true that...
By Paul Assaiante, National Coach
In life the pursuit of goals is a bit like building a railroad track. You must first come up with your destination, and this is the plan or the “dream” if you will. Nothing happens without first dreaming.
You then must get down on your hands...
By James Zug
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
The boy was shy. As a child, Mohamed Elshorbagy was aggressive on court. He went for outright nicks or it was a tin on every point. He played all-out at every practice. Every session was a pressure session. Even at a young age, he...
By Bill Buckingham
Photos by Michael Bello
The wall of fame right outside the office of St. Lawrence University coach Chris Abplanalp, boasts plaques of former athletic stars, the most popular with the tour groups being a former wrestling standout (not to mention the top gladiator the school ever produced), By...
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com
It was one of the three or four greatest World Championships surprises of all time. Those who witnessed the U.S. Open final only sixteen days before might rate it rarer even than that.
The courage and discipline that carried Nick Matthew to a highly charged...
By James Zug
In the fall of 1973 the first commercial squash club opened in the United States. Today, public clubs are commonplace. U.S. Squash estimates that a third of all courts in the country are in public clubs. One health club chain, Life Time Fit- ness, has forty-four clubs...
By James Zug
Parity was the watchword the entire nine days of the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open at Drexel University. It was the first major tournament in the history of professional squash—now in its 110th year—to offer equal prize money for the players, regardless of whether they were a...
By Jay Prince
He picked up a squash racquet at the age of six after first playing tennis for a few years. He became hooked to the point of being determined to master his forehand and backhand. In no time, he began adding a top-spin backhand drop shot to his...