Archive for the 'Squash' Category

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Squash still in the bid for the 2020 Olympics

ALERT! Squash is falling behind wrestling in the poll of which sports should be included in the Olympics 2020 in “Inside The Games”, which is widely read by IOC members. So your help in voting and emailing/tweeting all contacts at your disposal and asking them to vote for squash at the following website would be […]

Squash Olympic Bid

Squash Olympic Bid for 2020 Help squash make it into the Olympics – FORWARD this link to friends, family and colleagues who are sport enthusiasts!  

Squash in the 2020 Olympics

You may or may not know that squash is vying for a coveted place in the Olympics with its Back The Bid campaign to get into the 2020 Olympics. The Professional Squash Association sent out the following message to all players and it would be great if you could help out with the campaign today. […]

World Squash Day

You can do your bit to get squash into the 2020 Olympics by joining the worldwide initiative Back The Bid… The best way is to go to your local squash club tomorrow – October 20th and participation in what will become a World Record event… World Squash Day.

Choking In Sport

Choking is one of those taboo words athletes shun at any cost. There are a lot of theories and suppositions about the source or cause of choking. I recently came across this video used by a US squash coach to explain to his team that choking is NOT in your genes – UNLESS you’re a […]

Lessons from a champion

I recently visited a bookstore in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast (Australia), which has a great collection of used books, and found the ultimate squash classic by World Champion Jahangir Khan aptly named Winning Squash. Once you’ve mastered the basic strokes and court movement principles, as an elite squash player, you need to get into […]

Intensity: How Much is Enough? Too Much?

In peak training phases, Michael Phelps will swim at least 80,000 meters a week, nearly 50 miles. That includes two practices a day, sometimes three when he was training at altitude. All elite athletes face the dilemma: How much is enough versus too much? Most athletes however it’s a case of too little and too […]

Get to it somehow and hammer it somewhere

Every once in a while someone comes up with a saying that encapsulates what you need to be doing – succinctly and elegantly. Today’s blog post is short and sweet – for racket sport athletes as Chester Barnes, a table tennis champion said “get to it somehow and hammer it somewhere!” There are two parts […]

Lessons from a champion

I recently visited a bookstore in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast (Australia), which has a great collection of used books, and found the ultimate squash classic by World Champion Jahangir Khan aptly named Winning Squash. Once you’ve mastered the basic strokes and court movement principles, as an elite squash player, you need to get into […]

Momentum And Inertia

I recently blogged about the Chasm Of Competence™ that prevents many otherwise competitive athletes from unleashing their Exponential Potential™. One of the reasons is that social (or club players) don’t overcome their current inertia. Inertia is defined as the predisposition for a body to remain in the state that it’s in. In sports psychology, it […]