By design I've limited deep links into Annotated Bookmark sites on the link page including: guide-to-squash.org, USSRA, Squashtalk, Squashclub.org, and Squash Magazine web sites which are all wonderful resources and are available on the
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I've focused on cataloging tips or resources from less familiar web sites. Hopefully you will find some useful "gems" in here. Send additions or corrections to the
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The Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by people from all around the world. The site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles, simply by clicking on the edit this page link. The article on squash is excellent, however, it needs some added depth of content. If you are so inclined it is worth making a contribution.
There is also a nice list of Male and Female International Players, but there are a number of additional players that could be added to the list to make it more comprehensive.
added March 12 2005
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| Roger Flynn, an elite coach from Australia has some indispensible tips.
Tactics
and Strategy in Squash and
Anticipation
and Deception in Squash
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 | James Zug
has authored some of the best articles on squash with a historical US perspective: http://home.earthlink.net/~jzug/squash.htm
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 | Framboise Gommendy is the star journalist of the The Squash Site and Squash Player Magazine.
She has published some of the best interviews with squash PRO and personalities with commentary and articles from an international perspective:
http://www.squashsite.me.uk/gommendy/
http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/gommendy/portraits.htm
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Some great original Pro Tips are available on the Illinois Squash Racquet Association official website from Mike Way, Nathan Dugan, and other Pros. The ABCs of Squash by Kim Tunney is a must read. Also a nice short article by John Power - Attack to win
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Grove Park Squash Club is located in Manchester, UK. The site provides a nicely organized and annotated list of squash resources called Squash Online.
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IthacaSquash.com is dedicated to squash in Ithaca (upstate NY). Created by Steve Edgar who has authored the definitive Squash Ball articles on the web. Also check out videovault with exclusive PRO video footage.
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 | Active Karma has an archive of twenty high quality squash related articles authored by Mateen Khan.
Organizationally it's divided into: Getting Started and Advanced Shots.
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 | Squash 247 has a area called Inside Squash as well as terrific Interviews. Coaching resources are top notch with coaching advice from the HESHAM EL ATTAR (renowned coach of Ahmed Barada), DAVID MENNIE (elite Australian coach), and CRAIG LA SOTO (elite US coach) all with multiple article submissions.
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 | Club Kelburn in New Zealand has a nice tips archive and mailing list for both squash and fitness tips.
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 | Peak Performance Online is the website for its fitness and sport performance newsletter. It has a really nice archive of about 50 squash related items from avoiding dehydration and injury to improving performance (here are some examples):
Sports injury avoidance | squash
Pre-habilitation exercises | squash
Eating before competition | squash
Dehydration and performance | squash
Winning: squash | squash
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 | Tar Heels Squash is a University of North Carolina squash club with a goal of fostering the growth of squash in the Chapel Hill area. It has some original resources UNC squash Club Fitness
and UNC Squash Club Drills
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 | The Squash Official from Squash Canada is a great officiating resource.
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 | Sports Coach - provides advice for coaches, athletes, sports science tutors and students studying sports related qualifications on topics relating to exercise physiology, successful coaching and athletic development. It has some nicely developed squash areas: Squash and
Plyometrics in Squash
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 | Former Veteran's World champion Robert Forde provides a terrific series of articles archived in Titan's Sports Squash section called How to Play Squash.
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 | Scottish Sports has some excellent articles from David Heath, currently an Assistant Coach at Dartmouth University. I particularly liked Pre-Squash stretch routine, Improve your Squash Game, and the Memoirs of the Average Squash Player.
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 | Cal Berkeley's coach, Ashley Kayler, has created a Tip of the Month archive. There are over a dozen "nuggets of wisdom" in his homespun Tips Archive. Even though Coach Kayler has not added tips recently, it remains a good tips list.
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 | The Squash Player Workshop from Squash Player has a nice Squash movie archive, plus Peter Nicol's top ten tips and various useful drills. It has an excellent Contributors column section with updated commentary and interviews. portraits, articles, and interviews from Framboise Gommendy and columns by Malcolm Willstrop are gems.
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 | The Squash Site Kaleidoscope has a good archive of views and columns from various squash luminaries.
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| I highly recommend you check out Geoff Mitchell's PRO Squash articles archived on this site. Geoff's MitchellSquash.com website is focused on promoting local junior tournaments, and junior and adult squash programs. Geoff Mitchell has been teaching at the Chatham Club in New Jersey for fifteen years. His junior program is recognized as one of the strongest in the country with upwards of 20 juniors ranked nationally each year. As a player, Geoff was a finalist in the 1998 World Masters 30+, a semi-finalist in the 1998 US Championships 30+, and in the 1999 North American Teaching Pro Tournament of Champions. Articles here have been published in Squash Magazine and/or Squash Central (NNJSRA publication), and Geoff has given permission to have these available here to the online community.
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From A Different Angle
Enough of the mundane redundant teaching expressions "bend your knees," get your racquet up early," "follow through," "keep your eye on the ball," "watch your opponent" and "get to the T" etc.
Pressure Cooking Squash
SQUASH HAS BEEN CALLED THE "thinking man's game," and if you've ever watched a smart player play a younger fitter, faster and a more athletically inclined opponent lacking only in experience or brains, then you'll have witnessed an amusing event.
Back to Squash Basics The following advice, useful to any athlete, applies particularly to those squash players who take a summer break from the game.
Getting Better Without Drills
I have coached many students over the years who have wanted to improve their games without practicing or drilling.
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from a number of sources in response to a USSRA Forum question. Some of the "original" sources include
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