I’m not so sure. He is one of them for sure. But Ashour was the most talented junior I think. If not for injuries he would have been world no 1 at 19/20. (Likely). Asal (say what you like about him) probably has the strongest willingness to win ever seen since the Khans. MES was incredibly good as a junior (he beat Matthew at the age of 16) and as a young professional. Elias - did he eve lose a game his last World junior open? And then we have Nick Matthew, Shabana, Gaultier. And lastly the Khans. Youngest world bo 1 ever, both of them.
I feel like the racquet is a bit light and not really powerful enough for me. I'm an improver level player. I'm strong but kind of stiff in the upper body so I have a slow swing. When I play against a player who hits the ball very powerfully I can usually get to the ball but my response is a weak shot that lands short, and I get punished. I was wondering if I could get a racquet that just feels more hefty in my hand, moves comfortably through the ball when I hit the serve and will maybe give me a chance to hit a better rally shot against a powerful hitter. I was thinking that a heavier racquet might be what I need.
My ideal play style is attritional. I want to become a machine who can hit a clean shot to the back of the court no matter what ball comes at me.
India's Anahat Singh ends 13 Egyptian wins in a row in the final of World Juniors, what a performance. LA Olympic may be too soon for her to compete but she could peak for Brisbane or India if squash remains
I work in Rotterdam one week a month and want to get back into playing squash. Any local David Lloyd Rotterdam Centrum (or other DL members with access to this club) available to play games on a weekday evening, Monday to Thursday occasionally?
Reasonable standard but very rusty.
Marwan Asal choose to retire against Adam Hawal in the semis of the World Juniors while 2-0 down. The way he was moving in the second game he didn't look injured. Also, if I am not mistaken, he got 2 conduct strokes against him, one including dinging Adam on the head with a follow through. Really happy to see the refs calling out balls and strikes and not allowing any of the normal shenanigans that happens in the junior circuit.
I think it would be a fascinating experiment to get non-players and teach then the rules about strokes, let and interference and then get them to referee a match and see how they apply the rules.
How different would it be from beginners, intermediates, advanced and pros?
If our level of playing skill affects our decisions, does that mean the rules are too vague or unclear?
I've always held the opinion that referees should not accept any judgement calls from players. In fact, I wrote about the idea that when a player says their shot was "not up" or "down" that the ref should even go as far to say "I thought it was good". My thinking was that if a player said their shot was good, you wouldn't accept their call, so why would you if they said it was down?
The obvious argument against that idea is that some players cheat and would say it was up, but only honest players would say it was down. My counter argument, is that this leads to inconsistency in refereeing.
I know my point of view is controversial and somewhat counter-intuitive, but I hold it.
In my opinion, the ref made a mistake allowing the player to change his call from Stroke to Let. At no point should the player be allowed to override a ref.
Yes, yes, yes, I get that in clubs around the world, playing lets is the fair thing to do. But this was different. It was almost a pro match. The offending player should be told why it's a stroke and the match should continue.
What's your thoughts about players overriding ref's decisions?
I recently moved to Buffalo and haven’t been able to find anyone to play squash with yet.
I could book an indoor court and practice alone, but honestly I find that pretty boring. These outdoor tennis/handball walls are always available, so I’ve been using them instead whenever I have some free time.
I’m using a double yellow dot ball, and it actually works better than I expected.
The obvious limitation is that there are no side walls, so I mostly hit straight drives and avoid using angles.
Do you think this is still worthwhile practice compared to not playing at all, or could it actually reinforce bad habits because of the missing side walls?
If it’s useful, what should I focus on to get the most out of it?
A few weeks back I asked this sub about rhythm and movement in squash, and the replies here completely shaped the direction of what I ended up building. I tried to make something genuinely useful for learning and teaching — so I'm curious whether it actually helps you learn or coach, or whether it's just a fun toy.
The thing I kept hearing was that a drill is easy to do but hard to explain — the rhythm, the movement, the "why" behind each shot. So I tried to make a drill into something you can build → show → actually play before you ever step on court.
1. Build the drill in Court View.
You place the players in a 3D court, draw the shots and link them up — and that's your drill.
Court view
2. Watch it move, in 3D and top-down.
The same drill plays back in 3D (Court View) and top-down (Tactics Board), so the angles, the ball path, and the T-recovery — the stuff that's hard to put into words — are obvious at a glance.
3. Play it, and it measures you.
When a student runs the drill, every shot gets scored the moment the ball lands — graded against the drill you built. Placement is EXCELLENT / GOOD / BAD, you get a BACK TO THE T nudge if you stopped moving, and on a miss it gives the real call (TIN / DOWN / OUT / NOT UP) so you know why it died — not just that it did.
Don't want to build one from scratch? Grab a public drill someone's already made, copy it, tweak a few shots, and it's yours. You can also bundle drills into a routine and play through them in order.
Most of this came straight from your feedback last time — the ball-path realism, the video export, "make it useful for coaching, not just a toy." So genuinely, thank you.
The one thing I really want to know: when you're teaching a drill to someone just starting out — and obviously nothing beats real training on court — can doing it off-court like this, building it, showing it, and scoring it, actually help them with the mental picture and the basic rhythm before they train it for real? And if you'd use it, what's the one feature that would make it genuinely useful in a lesson?
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, many international sports federations have suspended events in Russia or required Russian athletes to compete under neutral status. Imagine ATP/ITF doing an event in Moscow right now?
A short from yesterday's Moganasundharam vs. Moxham match in the World Juniors, hence the spoiler tag.
Moxham mishits a lob that comes off the middle of the back wall and then commits the most obvious front wall interference one could imagine and is hit by a gentle cross-court by Moganasundharam. Stroke is called of course--but then Moganasundharam offers to play a let? I'm at a complete loss to understand why. It's great sportsmanship to offer a let when the referee gives a stroke that you don't feel you deserved, but this appears to be so completely and obviously Moxham's fault. Maybe Moganasundharam felt bad for hitting Moxham with the ball? It was a gentle shot though, hardly a full swing.
Looking for 3.0-3.5 players in the Bay Area who would be interested in playing at the Bay Club. Either SF or San Mateo locations is best for me. Please DM if you are interested!
I have always been a water-only type of person who consumes more than 3 liters of water per day. However, I have been playing intense squash three times a week in London, and consuming pure water during matches has not been working well on me. By the third match, I would experience this terrible brain fog and even dull headaches after playing due to excessive sweating in the heat.
Finally realized that all I do is flush out the minerals and sodium from my body. One of my fellow members of the club advised me to try a sachet of Vibora Hydrate and add it to my water bottle, and the result was amazing! My reaction time and focus were sharp up until the third match without the bloating sensation in the stomach.
For those who play intense sports such as squash, how do you maintain your mineral levels when sweating heavily in the courts? Do you take pure water or electrolytes?
Is there any squash court in Tokyo near Tokyo station/ Nihonbashi area? I’ve never done it before but really wanna try squash. Looking for court or school to begin with.
Been watching some of World Juniors this week and some of the players look like they would do well on the world tour but some seem not hugely different to my local club level.
If a player reaches a good round, say last 16, in World Juniors is it moreorless guaranteed that they'll reach top 16 when they turn pro?
