Compounding Time and Pressure
By Richard Millman
In the recent FS Investments U.S. Open at Drexel University, the final between Ali Farag and Mohamed ElShorbagy was spectacular, stylish, extreme, athletic, skilled and strategic. It was instructional on many fronts.
Time...
Mindhunter: Profiling Squash’s Top Performers at the U.S. Open
by Eric Zillmer
Director of Athletics and Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
The 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships, hosted by Drexel University, showed off the sport at its finest. Great crowds, matches, players...
The Mathamatics of the Fade
By Richard Millman
Recently I’ve gotten into doing commentary for the streaming of some of the US Squash’s events. One particular criticism about my commentary has resonated with me.
The comment was “Mathematics. What does mathematics...
Doubles: Let the Ball Go
By Suzie Pierrepont
I hated squash doubles when I first tried it. I hated the way the ball came off my racquet with no control and the way the ball bounced at the back of...
The Social Comparison Trap
By Amy Gross, Peak Performance & Mental Coach
We all know the social comparison game. We fall into the trap of evaluating our skills and progress by how we stack up against others. We rely...
The Importance of Player Contracts for Parents and Juniors
by Mitchell Greene, Ph.D., Sport Psychologist
The biggest change in my sport psychology practice from ten years ago to now is the number of requests I receive to work with squash players twelve and younger....
Understanding the Human Machine
By Richard Millman
As I have said before, I believe that our sport is in the very early stages of its development and we, its students, are somewhat akin to the doctors of the middle...
Learning from the Best
By Peter Nicol MBE, www.squashskills.com
I am in the lucky position of dealing with the best coaches and players in the world while arranging and filming content for Squashskills.com. Prior to filming, I go through the...
What to Work on Leading Into the New Season
By Peter Nicol
I have always been a proponent of focusing on areas of your game that need the most amount work. However, more recently I have started to understand that this is not always the...