Publishers Note Aging, um, Gracefully?
By Jay D. Prince
Okay, I’m officially feeling old. Or maybe I’m feeling experienced. Or maybe it’s the feeling that comes with playing this game for a lot of years. I’m really not sure.
But there...
Publishers Note Changing Focus
By Jay D. Prince
It’s taken me 45 years to figure this out, but our outcome oriented society doesn’t mesh very well with sports.
At least not as players of sports. Take just about any sport,...
Publishers Note Diamond Notes
By Jay D. Prince
Last month, I shared with you the highs of being a parent at my son’s baseball game as opposed to always being his coach. I’ve had several people approach me about...
Publishers Note High Fives and Fist Bumps
By Jay D. Prince
As much as I love playing squash, I am also a baseball nut. From the time I started playing pick-up games in my childhood neighborhood—where I was always the youngest and...
Publishers Note Why We Play
By Jay D. Prince
I don’t know about you, but the reason I started playing squash was simple—it was a lot of fun. I’d seen it played a little bit when I was very young,...
Publishers Note Oversights
By Jay D. Prince
Over the past 10 years, we’ve made our share of mistakes in this magazine. I’m not talking about typos, but rather oversights or errors of omission. At one point several years...
Publishers Note Dreams Extinguished
By Jay D. Prince
We all know that the playing career of a professional athlete is limited to a finite number of years. In some sports, like professional football, players are lucky if their careers last...
Publishers Note Systematic Ratings
By Jay D. Prince
For several years now, I’ve been arguing in favor of making more and more of our “competitive” matches count toward ratings and rankings with US Squash. For those of you who...
Publishers Note Enjoying the Moment
By Jay D. Prince
Looking back over the past ten years, it is hard for me to believe that this is the 100th time I’ve sat down to write my Publisher’s Note. I suppose the...
Publishers Note Motivating Factors
By Jay D. Prince
So how many times have you played the same opponent with a fair amount of success, only to have him/her waltz into a tournament and crush you—seemingly out of nowhere? It’s a...