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by The Squashist on Jul 18, 2010Some new edits in red... Overall Strategy1. The most important and critical decision in playing winning doubles is to pick a good partner and to practice with him or her regularly so you know what...
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by The Squashist on Jul 16, 2010I've had the good fortune to be in regular contact with Guy Cipriano, a well-known hardball and doubles squash player and aficionado. He and I don't always agree on all matters related to squash, but...
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by The Squashist on Jul 8, 2010One of the arguments lobbed against softball squash has been that it is physically more demanding than hardball, and so older players, often starting in the 50s, gradually get shunted aside as their...
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by The Squashist on Jul 4, 2010The finals of Wimbledon have just been played and Spain's incomparable Rafael Nadal has, somewhat predictably, beaten Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. But I thought Berdych played damn well, and...
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by Tracy Gates on Jul 2, 2010On my way to play squash the other evening, I was waiting to cross the street when a flicker of light caught my eye—like the sparkle of rain drops or phosphorescence in water. Only it wasn...
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by The Squashist on Jun 22, 2010I was recently at a meeting about squash in the U.S. when the talk turned to the sport's fortunes elsewhere. Someone said the situation in Australia was bad, as real estate pressures have caused many...
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by The Squashist on Jun 13, 2010Not too long ago a reader of this blog wrote in complaining that he suffered from periodic flu-like symptoms that tended to bedevil him after training hard or playing especially tough squash matches...
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by The Squashist on Jun 4, 2010In the olden days there was a variant of squash called 'squash tennis,' which enjoyed a rather brief popularity before sliding off the face of the world. You can still read about it in places like...
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by Tracy Gates on Jun 2, 2010A few weeks ago, a friend told me he was taking the summer off from squash. I thought he was crazy.<br/> <br/> A week later, I walked into my gym at prime time and no...
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by The Squashist on May 21, 2010The squash equipment we use today has gotten a lot better. I was reminded of this by a great old video you can check out here on SquashZAG that shows Mohibulla Khan and Geoff Hunt engaging in a long...
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