Breaking Through: Conditioned Games
Players frequently limit their opponents to those of similar skill. However, conditioned games are a great way to level the playing field between competitors of varying levels of experience. Conditioned games place restrictions on...
Overuse Syndrome
By Joseph Zarett
Professional squash players’ bodies are like musical instruments. If you play properly, it is beautiful music. If you don’t, you can break the strings.
Last year, Mohamed Elshorbagy came in to visit me...
FeedForward: Mental Skills Before, During and After a Match
By Amy Gross, Peak Performance & Mental Coach
The single most important thing athletes can do to enhance their performance is improve their mental game, so why do we spend the majority of our time...
Breaking Through the Levels: Hardball Doubles
by Preston Quick
In this month’s issue, former World Champion Preston Quick describes the unique lingo and skills it takes to excel at every level of squash doubles.
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Players at the C level will benefit greatly...
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...
My Grandmother’s Teacups
By Richard Millman
For many years now, I have subscribed to the notion that hitting a squash ball with a squash racquet is only rarely a good idea. The contact between your racquet and the...
Double Down
by Amanda Sobhy
Most of you know me as a professional singles player. However, what you may not know is that I love to play doubles. No, I’m not talking about doubles on a singles...
Beating Burnout
By Amy Gross, Peak Performance & Mental Coach
We live in a world that requires long hours of work without much time to unwind. Overscheduling, overtraining, overstimulation and chronic stress are commonplace. Finding opportunities for...
Zarett Rehab & Fitness: Workout of Champions
By AJ Lamb, MS, CSCS, PES, Senior Exercise Physiologist
& Joseph Zarett, Physical Therapist, Founder of Zarett Rehab & Fitnes
In the late fall of 2016, two of the world’s most elite squash players, Mohamed and...
Power of Positivity: The Advantages of Positive Self-Talk
By Bailey Bondy, toughminds.net
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t—you’re right.”
—Henry Ford
Positive thinking is one of the many important tools to have in your toolbox, and one that can always be...