While writing last week’s column about international coaches, I mentioned legendary names like Rodney Martin, David Palmer, Stewart Boswell and Anthony Ricketts – so I naturally decided to research why Australia is no longer a powerhouse in squash. Here’s a … Continued
Lockdown has given us all plenty of time to daydream about all the things we miss most in squash. For me, the thing I would love to see return to the squash calendar is the fun and drama of the … Continued
This week I wanted to have a look at elite professional squash players who have become coaches. Any sport would want their top icons to follow this path and to pass on their wisdom to the next generation. I’m interested … Continued
Squash technique is an interesting thing. There is definitely a way to make contact with the ball which helps every shot, and for almost every shot that way is to have a slightly open racket face when you strike the … Continued
Sport is a funny thing. Any sport wants to constantly grow in popularity.. and in wealth. Wealth in-turn helps to grow popularity and the cycle continues. Obviously some people also want to make money from the sport, and the wealthier … Continued
Last week Keir Worth stepped down from his role as CEO of England Squash. This offers a great opportunity for a failing organisation to inject some new ideas, re-assess current protocols and transform England Squash to become a governing body … Continued
Now that the opinions from social media are in – let’s take a look at Mazen Hesham’s twitter debate from a week ago. We’ve seen several good and well written opinions, especially from Mazen and Victor Crouin. Mazen specifically wanted … Continued
Most of us know that Ahmed Barada was a trailblazer and a huge factor in inspiring a whole nation to world domination. In 1996 (already the World Junior Champion) he reached the final as a wildcard entrant in the very … Continued
For the last 4 years, women’s football has been the fastest growing sport in the UK – and it is still growing, even participation continued to grow in-between COVID lockdowns in the last 12 months. Only 5 years ago it … Continued
In my eyes, squash is pretty-much the perfect sport – however convincing the world of this still needs some work, and for me the obvious next step is the referee situation on the professional circuit. In terms of world appeal … Continued
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