Fares Dessouky is the cover
starof the first Squash Player magazineof 2021. In a
feature on him and a special analysis, we get to know
him betterand look at how he has bounced back from
defeat at Qatar 2020 to beat the worldno.1 twice in
succession.
How is our sport faring? Squash
Player’s ‘State of the Game’series continues with
authoritative articles by renowned coach Danny Lee
andexperienced club entrepreneur Steve Lewis.
Squash Playerchallenges the sport to ‘Think Outside the
Box’ and reveals how we can use theprinciples of our
game to take squash outside
the court.
New World Squash President
ZenaWooldridge details her vision for the sport, PSA
Chief Commercial Officer TommyBerden explains how
important a new agreement with the Infront agency is and
ex-worldno.1 Laura Massaro writes exclusively on her new
book.
Former world champion RodneyMartin, a
formative influence on the modern game, starts a new
series bylooking at his early influences and Sarah-Jane
Perry analyses her game in MatchPoints.
In the
first issue of our 50thyear, we look back at some of the
key issues and iconic covers of the last 50years.
3. CONTENTS
COMMENT: Where are we taking this
great sport? Columns by JamesWillstrop, Gerry Gibson and
James Zug.
NEWS: MohammedElShorbagy ends his
Egyptian exile, but it doesn’t end well.
WORLD
SQUASH: Theworld squash community pays tribute to Hany
Hamouda, the humble power behindEgyptian Squash.
FEATURES: LauraMassaro’s new book; Rodney Martin’s
beginnings; Sarah-Jane Perry’s MatchPoints; Fares
Dessouky goes from zero to hero; iconic covers in
SquashPlayer’s 50th year.
STATE OF THE GAME:Danny
Lee explains the importance of coaches, while Steve
Lewis charts the riseand fall of proprietary clubs in
the UK.
THINKING OUT OF THEBOX: Is ‘wall squash’
an important complement to ‘court squash’, and what
shouldthe rules be? We also review street rackets.
INTERVIEWS: TommyBerden explains the PSA’s Infront
relationship and Zena Wooldridge talks about herWorld
Squash role.
CLUB & COURT: Allthe key club and
court news, including the new Tin Tech from Melior
Sports andthe spectacular ‘Tpoint’ courts in Tel Aviv.
ON COURT: Analysis andround-up.
WORKSHOP:
News;Q&A; Tactical errors part 1; Mind Games; Perfect
Practice; Rules Quiz;Marlowe on shot selection; Khan on
reading the play; Coaches’ Corner with PeterNicol;
Hesham on variations on the swing; Massaro’s
philosophical look; Ryan ontraining around shoulder
pain.
GEAR: Coll’s tributeto Baljet; Stellar
launch; Racket Report; Sponsorship News; Head refresh
theirracket range; String Review part 2.
A brilliant new issue of Squash Player magazine will
soon be available. Squash Player reveals why world
junior champion Mostafa Asal ripped his shirt off and
threw it into the crowd. All this was much to the
chagrin of his defeated opponent world no.4 Paul Coll.
In the finalSquash
Playerof
2020 we feature feisty young Pharoahs, Asal and Hania El
Hammamy, and reveal the winners in our Rolex Annual
Awards.
Our Awards
panellists pick out their highlights from a very strange
year, as well as choosing their Most Improved Players,
Tournament of the Year and give a special award to the
company that saved squash.
World No.1 Ali Farag
reveals his game secrets in the latest instalment of our
?MatchPoints? series; we speak to former world champion
turned ?Super Coach? Rodney Martin and our investigation
into the ?State of the Game? continues.
Our Workshop section
features in-depth advice on improving your game from our
team of experts. In our Gear section (presented in
association with PDHSports.com) we bring you our shoe
guide and reveal big announcements from Head and Dunlop.
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Farewell Raneem
Squash Player says goodbye to, the former World No.1,
popular Egyptian pathfinder Raneem el Welily here.
Variations in your game
You may like lots of variation in your game but can you
overdo it. Here are the tactical rules (tactic 8) you
should use here.
or a obtain it free with a print and digital offer here.
SOLD-OUT BOOK FOUND
After a long search rare copies of the much sort after
book, ‘Excelling at Squash’ by Ian Mckenzie with the
Foreward by Jonah Barrington have been found. There are
not many available.
See here.
NEWS: Tour set to resume; Changes at
WSF; New Ball Game
WORLD
SQUASH: World Squash Day
FEATURES: Simcock remembered;
Gibson’s Column; Pearman moves on;
Gaultier returns; Super US Centre;
Raneem Departs; Hall of Fame;
History
CLUB SCENE: How will
coronavirus affect club life?
POSTER: Raneem El Welily
WORKSHOP: News; Khan on Building
Intensity; Stiff on coaching
changes; Engelbrecht’s Mental
Mission; Major Maniam on
De-Stressing for Success; Tactic
No.8; Swinging Marlowe; Andrew Cross
on Focus; Ronny on Reading Play;
Renato’s Court; Newton on Strength;
Nisbet on building strength.
GUIDE: The Össur Safe Squash Guide –
all the practices and games you can
use while being safe on court.
GALLERY: Rod Gilmour explores
improvised court innovations during
lockdown.
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