Interesting reads and links to squash stuff…
If you follow squash, you probably have been inundated with articles, blog posts, email campaigns, and tweets espousing the reasons to include squash in the Olympics, in the year 2020. I have done my share, through my posts titled “Squash…
Last updated on April 05, 2024. As someone who plays both squash and tennis, I am often asked which one is the harder sport to learn — squash or tennis. Considering that I love both equally, I will attempt to do…
What do squash, roller sports, karate, sports-climbing, wakeboard, and wushu have in common? If you guessed Olympics, you would be right! Well, sort of. In reality, none of them is an Olympic sport. These six “sports” along with the newly…
I recently came across a blog called The Squashist that talked about some misguided perceptions about squash, as a game on the decline. I believe that for squash to get bigger, it needs to cultivate an audience beyond the hardcore squash fan. We…
So when was the last time you watched a professional tennis match where the players served and volleyed? No, I am not talking about doubles tennis. It is true that serve and volley as a technique has all but disappeared…
Over the past few months, there have been numerous write-ups and debates about squash not being included in the Summer Olympics, scheduled to be hosted in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Considering that all the other major racquet sports such…
Earlier this year, I wrote a piece titled “Overheard at Club Meadowvale,” which captured the essence of some passionate discussions among members regarding the superiority of squash vs tennis. As a follow-up, I have added a few more one-liners to…
This is an impromptu blog post. Over the past two weeks, there have been many speculations on who will win Wimbledon. While tennis pundits debated between Djokovic and Nadal, Deji, a squash player friend, predicted that Murray would start off…
By now, some of you may have heard that squash is out! It was denied a spot at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Unfortunately, this has been the plight of squash! The general sense is that there just…
As someone who has played racket sports (Badminton, Squash, Tennis, and Table Tennis) all my life, I am a firm believer in learning each sport the right way. Some level of coaching is a good idea for anyone who wants…