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Nine spectacular squash venues around the world!
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 as tennis, table tennis, and badminton are already included, this would appear discriminatory to most…
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12 Unique Squash Venues and Pop-up Courts
Squash had just been denied a spot at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics when I wrote a post titled Nine Spectacular Squash Venues. At that time, kite-Surfing and Rugby Sevens were given the nod by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). That was in 2012. A follow up post on unique squash venues feels…
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Fifteen unique tennis venues around the world!
A few months ago I wrote a popular blog post titled “Nine spectacular squash venues around the world!” As a follow-up, I decided to do a round-up of unique tennis venues around the world that I compiled into a Slideshare presentation, shown below. As one would expect, no discussion on tennis venues can be complete…
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Squash vs. Tennis: 2025 Edition – Which Is Harder? (Player and Reader Perspectives)
Gearing Up: How Equipment and Court Size Shape the Game Tennis The tennis court is significantly larger than a squash court, measuring 78 feet long by 27 feet wide. Players cover a lot of ground, chasing shots from corner to corner. With the serve-and-volley style becoming rare, the modern baseline game allows players a little…
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Discover the Top 20 Squash Racquet Brands of the Year
Last updated on December 23, 2023 When this post was published seven years ago, there were only a dozen squash racquet brands worth mentioning. This update includes another eight, a few of which have seen adoption at the top tier of the PSA ranks. This post intends to give you a list of squash racquet…
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Seven reasons to play squash
I hang out a lot with squash players. I also tend to spend a fair amount of time with friends who are in sales, marketing, and other customer-facing areas of business. It is a “Birds of a feather” thing – in a positive way. Squash to me is more than a game played with an…
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These five squash training aids are worth checking out
Updated February 08, 2024 Do you play squash during the summer? Or, do you switch to golf, tennis, or some other outdoor sports? If you are taking some time off from active squash, this may be a good time to invest in some training to tune-up of your game. The upside of squash training is…
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The Egyptian Squash Players Have Figured It Out!
If you are old enough to remember the Bangles’ song “Walk like an Egyptian,” you would know that it was quite the rage during the late eighties and nineties. There is a line in the song that goes: “They spin around and they cross the floor, they’ve got the moves oh whey oh…“ The song may have…
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A quick look at the lighter side of squash vs. tennis
If you play either squash or tennis, you know that both games require speed, agility, endurance, power, and strategy. Most squash players have no doubt that their game is the hardest of all racquet sports, particularly when compared to tennis. My friend Bill Guest lets the image on his parking spot speak for itself! You ask tennis…
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Is the future of squash a sub-culture or pro sport?
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 need bigger venues and sponsors with deep pockets. I believe that if we had more…