“Iron”man (or “Iron”woman)

By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition Human strength has long been associated with iron. Think Ironman, the super hero, or grueling Ironman...

Training for Squash—An Overview (Part 1)

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In order to plan effective physical training programs for any sport there are two important initial steps. Firstly...

Peaking for Performance Continued

By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club Technical If you need to make technical changes you need several things on your side: Commitment, expert...

Peaking for Performance

By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club So here we are in late January with Nationals rapidly approaching. Now’s a good time to...

Everything’s Changing A forty-something goes to a movement squash camp for teens and finds...

By Will Carlin Photographs by Damon Leedale-Brown In my June column, I mentioned that I was an idiot. The ostensible reason for my claim was that I...

Off-Season Training

By Anthony Ricketts, PSA No. 6 The season is about to draw to a close. There have been matches won, and lost, and many miles...

The Mind Game—Better By Mistake

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In some sports a mistake can be the defining movement between success and failure at the highest...

Spotlight Cross Training

Scaling New Heights For those who know him, he is a fierce competitor on the squash court—and everywhere else for that matter. But over the past...

The Mind Game—Managing Competition II

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the previous article we discussed mental preparation in the build up to a match including using...

Single Leg Strength for Squash

By Damon Leeedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Single leg strength is essential to improving speed, balance and movement in squash. Many strength programs place too heavy a...