Squash Shots & Rorschach Inkblots: It is Open to Interpretation
By Eric Zillmer, Athletic Director, Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
We love competitive squash because it provides us with an accessible slice of life. We don’t only like to play squash; we also enjoy...
Middle and High School Championships A Success
By Nell Schwed
Team feels an incongruous word when used in the same breath as squash. Squash is individual, independent, not often thought of as combination, or unification. One court. Two players. Racquets, shoes, a...
World’s First All-Glass Hardball Doubles Court a Hit with the Pros
By Kristi Maroc
The world’s first all-glass hardball doubles court was officially given the nod of approval by the world’s top players during the first-ever professional event to be held on the court and simultaneously...
The 2013 U.S. National Junior Doubles
By James Zug
Ninety players from around the U.S. and Canada took part in the 27th annual National Junior Doubles in April 2013 in girl’s, boy’s and mixed age divisions. First run by Wilmington Country...
Spahrs Dominate U.S. Father and Son
Last month the ninth U.S. Father & Son was held and it was no surprise that Chris and Carson Spahr won their first open title. Spahr has long equaled junior excellence.
Christian C.F. Spahr, Jr., known to everyone...
Snoring Rhinos and Other Tales: a Review of Nick Matthew’s Memoir
By James Zug
Nick Matthew
Sweating Blood: My Life in Squash
Cheshire, England: internationalSportGroup, 2013
It is a shame but inevitable. Like everywhere else in their careers, Nick Matthew and James Willstrop are now placed side by side...
Urban Squash Citizenship Tour
By Sage Ramadge
When was the last time you had a chance to play squash with a governor and a senator in the same week? For twenty-two college and high school students on the Urban...
World Junior Championships: Brownell’s Break Through in Namibia
By Chris McClintick
An uncompromising desert climate with a mean altitude (5, 436 ft), higher than that of Denver (5,280 ft), welcomed the world’s best junior squash talent in Windhoek, Namibia—a nation younger than the...
Howe Cup 2014 For the Love of the Game
By Beth Rasin
There were the warm embraces of friends who hadn’t seen each other for a year or more; there were the team outfits that glittered and sparkled; there was a visit from Mr. Jefferson,...
Book Review: Two Squash Manuals by James Zug
Two Squash Manuals
By James Zug
The G Spot: A Book about Squash
Tony Griffin
CreateSpace, 2014
Tony Griffin is a stalwart. He grew up in New Zealand and started playing squash in the early 1970s. At the time,...