Solo Squash Doubles Practice
By Graham Bassett, US Squash Victor Elmaleh Director of Doubles
Squash provides the unique experience of being able to achieve meaning practice on court by yourself. Can you imagine trying to practice water polo by...
Merion Says Farewell to Hardball Singles
By James Zug
In February, the U.S. National Hardball Singles Championships had a successful farewell as a national championship at Merion Cricket Club. Eighty-one players from around the continent came to Philadelphia to play with...
The Bat That Will Save Hardball
By James Zug
A quarter century ago, a squash racquet had a small head and weighed a ton—it’s amazing to imagine this, but the Head SX2, the standard racquet in the game in the late eighties, weighed 245...
Hardball Championships
The 2013 U.S. Hardball Singles Championships were held February 15-17 in Philadelphia.
The Open division winner was Chris Walker of Greenwich (CT), who said he hopes to increase participation in hardball amongst young squash players and is optimistic...
Will’s World Collaborative Calls
By Will Carlin
On a cold, crisp Thursday evening thirty-one years ago, numerous vans started arriving at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. A light snowfall muffled the town, but most of the vehicles were filled...
Hardball and Doubles Rankings, 2011/2012 Season
Doubles Rankings
Men Open
1 Whitten Morris
2 Trevor McGuinness
3 Dylan Patterson
3 Steven Scharff
5 Addison West
6 Josh Schwartz
7 Shane Coleman
8 John White
9 Hamed Anvari
10 Tim Wyant
11 Gustav Detter
12 Noah Wimmer
13 John Russell
14 Dennett Wilkens
15 Coley Smith
16 Peter...
Preston Quick Captures Back to Back Hardball Championships
The 2012 Hardball Singles Championships again featured a strong field in the Men’s Open. With 12 players competing for the title, top seeded and defending champion Preston Quick survived a two game deficit in...
Walker Triumphs in Players Championship Hardball Invitational
By Rob Dinerman
Whitewashed through the first 11 points against the recently- ensconced U. S. National Hardball champion, Chris Walker weathered that severe early storm and eventually retrieved and powered his way to a 3-15...
Young Stars Energize US Squash Hardball Singles Nationals!!
Hardball Singles is not just for “old” guys. The 2011 Hardball Singles National championships at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Boston, February 18-20, was dominated by enthusiastic, young talent, with 15 players in the Open...
Will’s World Dinner at Eight
By Will Carlin
In the fall of 1978, a promising squash player from Mercersburg Academy arrived as a freshman on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford. A few weeks later, he was gone, and no...