Clearing the ‘T’ Mind-Set?
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
This question is from a while back, and though we have touched on some of its principles, it’s worth a review since what happens here is extremely...
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, tension holding ability, abrasion resistance, and cost affect string performance...
Putting Water in the Wine!
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
That doesn’t sound like much of a good idea, does it? It’s not a good idea for any restaurant to do that, but when it comes to Squash,...
Movement technique— Forget that old banana!
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
This month I am going to talk about movement training. Some traditional methods of training Squash players to move on the court have included the use of...
Are you “D-ficient”*?
By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition
Vitamin D is a hot topic these days. For decades our knowledge of vitamin D was limited. Mistakenly, many health professionals believed that the function of...
Developing a Training Plan: What Should I Do? – Step 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last issue we discussed using reflections from the season just finished, combined with detailed profiling, to help establish a series of well thought through training...
Making that Jump – Breaking 3.0
By Paul Assaiante, Trinity College Head Coach and Head National Coach
Too many people simply go from lesson to lesson and think that that is the panacea for developing a squash game. Or on the...
Shorten Your Swing
By Peter Nicol
When coaching, I tend to spend a lot of time on shortening the swings of players I’m working with. The reason for concentrating on a shorter, tighter swing is to help the...
Protein and Energy Bars
By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition
The original energy bar was created for astronauts in the 1960s. Eating in space at zero gravity pro- vided a challenge to the early space program....
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
Having dealt originally with just about all the all key principles of decision making in treatise form, we carry on by zeroing in on specific questions we’re received over time.
HEY REF! I...