Author Archives: John

This weekend I went up to Toronto to spend two days training and learning from Willie Hosey. Willie is a legend in squash – 11 time Irish pro champ, multiple masters world champion (including in Hong Kong winning the 50+ … Continue reading →

Last night I played a match against a young English player, Simon Robinson, who had been a top English junior player but instead of turning pro had followed the family tradition and joined the Army. He was now playing #1 … Continue reading →

Technique serves strategy. Specific technique should not be adopted for aesthetic reasons, or because your favorite player happens to do it that way, or because they guys or gals at the club say you should do it. And you shouldn’t do it … Continue reading →

One of the most common skills for a player to work on is their stroke. Players may spend many hours perfecting the turn of the back, pendulum of the arm, rotation of the forearm, keeping the chest up and keeping the … Continue reading →

Squash is a very dynamic game, and the process of improving is complex. There is stroke technique, movement, shot-making, strategy and competitive mindset, to name a few of the basic facets of the game. And they are all intertwined. It … Continue reading →

One of the challenges of playing tournament squash is that you need to play matches one after another, especially if you keep winning. For those of us no longer in our twenties (or younger) the process of recovery is even … Continue reading →

Today I played Predy Fritsche , the top German masters player, in the round of 16.  He is a good player and got off to a strong start while I got off to a rather slow start.  Physically I felt pretty … Continue reading →

What a match.  Today I played Chris Moody from South Africa in the round of 32 on a day when a number of seeded players went down.  Chris is a tremendous athlete and competitor, and no lead was ever safe. … Continue reading →

Today I played a good player from Russia, Sergey Kostrykin, at the Hong Kong Squash Center. After 3 days of solo hitting at the local community sports center, it was great to actually play a match.  I felt good, moved … Continue reading →

Last night was the opening ceremonies of the World Masters Championships here in Hong Kong. 26 countries were represented with over 700 competitors and one “good luck” dragon. The ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Football Club which is … Continue reading →