Around The Court Squash Podcast: Recent Episodes
Arthur Gaskin
This what you get when you put an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Canadian in the same room talking squash and other topics!
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We welcome the newly crowned Qatar Champion and World #5 Diego Elias to talk about his recent victory
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We discuss some talking points over the last few events including the recent US Open at the Specter Centre. Asal is pretty good at squash, Gohar wins back to back titles, Amanda wins a maiden major title in San Fran and is rewarded with a ranking of 3 in the world + Bonus coverage on former guest match against a former student of his at Penn. The student in questions identity can neither be confirmed or denied.....
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EP 63 - its been a while, a lot has happened on the PSA Worldtour with 2 of the most prestigious events in 4 weeks with the World champs and British Open.
Some outrageous squash and so many stories and sub plots but the biggest story has to be Paul Coll who put his name alongside the legends by landing his first major title - the British Open. Legendary stuff
We're excited to speak to Laura Massaro on the relase of her new book "All in"
She talks about the proces of writing a book, audio book bloopers, 80 k..........g of gin, her take on Osaka and much more
You can order the book online. An amazing journey to the top, All in is a must read for any/all sports enthusiasts and will inspire all asprinig squash player,coaches, fans and some
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Elgouna is over, Shorbaggy bags title #43, Sherbini wins her first ElGouna title but there were plenty other talking points at the last major event before the World Open in July. The Panel review, Chris Sachvie is on tour, who is LeBron James and whoop recovery data are some of the topics discussed
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Some upsets r us in El Gouna including a first round loss for the man in form Marwan ElShorbaggy!
We review the first few rounds and look ahead to a tashtey week of squash as the 1/4s commence.
Stu is not a fan of cheese and blames Lyall patterson for missing out on Vegas on the weekend to witness history as fellow Scot Josh Taylor became the undsiputed light welterweight champion of the world. And oddly enough is gunning for Crawford next..... Terrence Crawford
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El Gouna begins. We review and make our predictions whilst stu sacrifices a big screen for a weekend in Vegas!
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The squash community around the world is in mourning as we learned the passing of Malcolm Willstrop. The panel pay tribute to the great man.
We are also joined by Karina Tyma and Robbie Downer, who have both recently bagged their maiden PSA titles in Texas and Prague respectivley. A massive achievemnt from both players who are in different stages in their careers, with Karina a rising Junior at Drexel University being coached by former world #1 John White, and Robbie, whos on the tour close to 10 years, shows how pererverance can be rewarded as the talented Englishman comes of age
What a chat with Marwan Elshorbaggy.for EP 56!
Authentic, unapologetic and hungry to win the bigest titles in the sport - this is a must listen.
For any haters negatively tweeting him or voting for his opponents on instagram polls - keep feeding the fire baby!!!
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The General had a great Black Ball Open, playing pain free without a knee brace with some signs of the squash and speed he is known for, clocking up some solid wins, impressive performances coupled with a great battle V the world #4 Paul Coll.
A legend of the game, whos achieved everything there is to achieve in the sport, is an inpring guy full stop - but his journey to get back into the top 10, after a 2 year battle with injury, at the ripe old age of 38, is nothing short of amazing! Currently up to 25 in the world (he was 600+ not that long ago!!)
Greg talks us through his battle with injury, his training regime, the dicipline and will he had to get back and more.
Joe Rahoe of Tufts joins the panel as we refelct on the conclusion of the second 12 day squeshtival, courtesy of BlackBall, in a row to kick off 2021
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Episode 53, Sherbini, who has very few firsts left to achieve, wins the Blackball Open for the first time!
We review the week and we also welcome on Salma Hany, the World #10 who had a breakthrough week by reaching the semi finals of her first SUper Series event. She talks openly about how she felt going into the week and whats next.
Super excited to welcome on John Williams.
An absolute legend of the game and top man, now based in Zurich where he coaches, is a PSA Squash TV commentator and (kind of) Swiss National coach.
Johns playing career was interupted for a # of years with illness in his early 20s but came back stronger to win a number of PSA events, reached a career high of 15 in the World and cemented his place in history when he wore the Green and Gold as part of the Austrailian team that became World Champions in 2001.
John takes us through his life in squash, how he got into it, his playing career, the challenegs he faced, 400s, a match in 07 with Irish legend - the leggy Derek Ryan and much more including predictions for the Black Ball Open which starts today.
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We're delighted to welcome on Jamie Nichols - Newly Appointed Director of Athlete Development for Squash Canada (since October)
Previously Executive Director of Squash Ontario, Co-founder of the National Squash Academy.
Jamie gives us a little history on squash in Canada, shares his vision for the future and how he looks to go about making an impact. Getting more players playing and creating pathways for all aspiring squash players who may want to play professionally.
Ep 50
Mazen Hesham Q via social media - is US College squash good fo the PSA Worldtour got quite the responce.
We welcome Amanda Sobhy on the show , Harvard Squehsh legend & current world #7 to discuss along with Sach man who himself was a Cornell recruit & #1 now coach at Columbia, Stu who went down the college route in Scotland before turning pro and is now a coach at Penn and Arthur, who went straight on the tour and turned professional at 18 after graduating from high school.
We discuss how positive the college squash envoirnemnt is, the standard of coaching and the resources available to players and how it can be a great platform to go on to the tour from with a few of your eggs elsewhere to fall back on.
Ultimatley - its about the individual and whats best for the individual and theres no wrong path, just your own.
No better way to wrap up EP 50 than with a Charlie Blasburg tune! Check Charlie out on spotify itunes etc #supertallmansupertallman
After a 7 month holiday ,Stu is back in the US, back on a squash court and turning 40 all in the space of a few days.
Not much happening but a quick review on various squehsh activities including the exciting news that the Tour will return to..... have a guess.... Egypt in March for the blackball open. Amazing from Egypt in their efforts to run another event, the whole squash world is super grateful!
This one is for Llyall
We wrap up with a tune from Charlie Blasberg
Were delighted to welcome onto the show the founder and CEO of the first Urban Squash program SquashBusters - Greg Zaff. A super passionate and inspring guy, talks about how he got into squash, the muse for starting SquashBusters - which was the model for other urban programs to start up all over North America and the world.
He goes into how SquashBusters has had to adapt both their programming and fundraising events that are essestial to the running of the programs.
The Rumble kicks off next week and Arthur is participating and committing to a number of challenegs to raise money for the program - if you would like to make a donation for this event you can chack out the link below
https://squashbusters.rallybound.org/rumble-challenge/Member/MyPage/4515266/Arthur-Gaskin
Personally we are massive supporters/fans of SQB, the work they do and the hugely positive impact it has on the lives of its students and families. How they have continued to serve their students through these unprecedented times, is nothing short of inspiring.
To learn more of the program you can check them lout on their website www.squashbusters.org
Charlie Blasburg is back with a hopping new tune "Moving On" Check him out on spotify itunes etc and give the man a follow as he continues to produce some bang tidy tunes
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2020 is over.... Cant say were to sad about that, none the less we review some of the years higlights and what may lay ahead.
Were also delighted to welcome onto the show former World #1 & World Champion (&Irish Open Champ!) Vanessa Atkinson. Astonishingly this is her 1st zoom ever, while Chris is on his second of 7 for the day!!! A legend in the game she talks about her career, commentary, the pontafract scene and more.
We also feature Charlie Blasburgs new tune , The River, which was released on January 8th to close todays episode. If you like the tune you can check him out on itunes spotify etc. The tune took 2 years to put together and well worth the wait.
Squash tourist & friends host and top man Jaymie Haycocks join us. A quality player who made top 50 in the world, now resides in CT where he coaches at Squash-ED.
We go into his playing career, relationship with legendary coach Rob Owen and his podcast. A great conversation that includes a slow fire from Stu!
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EP 45!!
The squehshtival is over and as Stu the wise says "dont be sad its over be happy it happened" . Fares capped off his incredible week coming from 0/2 and 1/4 down to win his biggest title to date.
Former top US player and current Penn Squash head coach Gilly Lane joins us to review the last few days of squash and we reminise the good ol days as we are reminded that GL has a 5-1 head to head record against the pawd. Theres also some insight into his role with US Squash and the next generation of US Squash players that are coming through the ranks.
Ep 44...
Its an all Egyptian semi final in Cairo.
Is Asal the most exciting player to watch? How can one cope with the ferocity of the squash he can produce?!
We reveiw the 1/4s as well as look forward to todays semis including the current world junior champ v the current world #1 in a battle that reminds of Macenroes first match with Bjorn Borg in Stockholm at the Sweddish Open in 1978. The big question is - if Asal beats Farag for the first time, will he celebrate like Macenroe?!!!
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We are half way through the 12 day squeshtival and we are delighted to welcome Sarah jane Perry fresh from victory on Saturday becoming the BlackBall Open Champ. A stunning week saw her defeat Camille Serme, Joelle King and to come from 2 games doon to beat Hania el Hammamy to secure victory in her biggest tournament to date!
We get some insights into her week, what shes taken away with her coach Rob Owen. as she looks ahead.
The mens draw started the morning after the womens event and the panel review the first round and look ahead to some tashhhtey round two matches including a rematch of Coll V Asal
Amanda Sobhy takes out the world #1 in a day of upsets that saw the 1 , 2 and 3 seeds bow out and bring us an international semi final line up with representation from Egypt England New Zealand and the US. We review the 1/4 finals and preview the semis later today.
3 days into the squeshitval and the panel pay tribute to Nour El Tayeb who withdrew earlier in the week and announced the amazing news that she is pregnant - a massive congrats to Nour and Ali. We also wonder will she be back?!
We review first round highlights and most of round 2 including a cracking match between Hammamy and Gilis, the two warriors batled it out for 89 minutes of ridiculous levels of quality squehsh and Gilis has made a statment to the top 8 and 4 players in the world as she proves herself to be a real threat.
EP 40!!!
Blackball open is on the horizon and the panel review the draw and make their predictions.
We also welcome to the show Welsh legend, Tesni Evans - Tesni gives us insight to her preparation for the Blackball open and assures us that not all Evans are related! Really great chat and also talks about some of the work shes been doing to close the gap on the top 4.
Ep 39.
We welcome to the show Julia Buchholz, Penn squash legend - From Walk on to Captain.
(See below link to article on her this past week)
https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/11/penn-womens-squash-julia-buchholz-senior-profile
A wee review on the mini event for English squash players in Manchester,
Features a mention of squash tourist podcast with legendary coach,Rob Owen and a quick preview on the Eyptian open
Origins : We welcome back Hadrian Stiff to the show who gives some insight into the Origins of Elite Squash, how he got it up and running to where it is now - one of the strongest hubs for squehsh in the UK at present. Coach of curent world #2 and many other top professional players, He also shares insights to his coaching philosophy and where that stemmed from
Ep 37, The panel review the semis and finals from Qatar.
We have our say on the double bagel fares suffered in the semi, Farags ridiculous levels on consistency, Stevie Richardson draws strength from his beard and theres a vacine!
We welcome Hadrian Stiff to the panel to discuss round 3 + the 1/4s at Qatar.
The big talking point was Mohamed bowing out to Yousef (perhaps Princeton isn't for him?!) Another one of Hadrians players - Eain Yow Ng had a great event, the 1/4s had a total , and maximum, of 20 sets of squehsh giving viewers and subscription payers their moneys worth.
A double bounce, finding balance and coaching are all discussed in todays episode.
PS - Greta Thunberg gets a mention.
Quick review of the first 2 rounds in Qatar
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Doha preview, Mohamed ElShorbagy is back and hungry for success , which will give him back his #1 status
Asal and Gawad are out.
The panel review and look forward to the prospect of another mouth watering display of squehsh including the prospect of a Farag V Mohamed matchup - the final most purists would like to see as they battle it out for the world #1 spot.
There's a long way to go and a lot of squash to be played before we get there and a lot of players more the capable of upsetting the apple cart!
We are delighted to welcome on the show, current World #1 - Mohamed Elshorbagy
He's already cemented himself into 'Legendary' status with his achievements to date, but is hungry as ever for more! There is great insight to the mind of a champion, what keeps him motivated, how he has re-invented himself, obstacle's he has had to overcome and a touch of the old school and a warrior in him the conversation includes a great anecdote how the legendary Gamal Awad saw a 10 year old Mohamed had what it took to go all the way.
Clearly a deep thinker and a great talker this makes for a compelling listen
Enjoy!!
Cheers
EP 32 sees the conclusion of the Egyptian Open coincide with a pretty unbalanced article released from the Atlantic on the weekend. The panel discuss
The squehsh never fails to deliver - the semi finals and finals , where both Nour el Sherbini and Ali Farag reclaiming the world #1 spots. We look forward to a potential tashtey match up in Qatar next month where Shorbaggy is back in action and no doubt hungry as ever to reclaim the status of world #1. We talk referees and the excitement players like Asal and Hania bring to the tour as the current world junior champions are causing upsets and producing some incredibly exciting squash.
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Asals celebration has divided the squash world with strong opinions on both sides of the coin - Hes only a young fella, let the lad have a bit of fun enjoying his big win. But there was some darkness that overshadowed a match that everything producing some unbelievable squash that at times was off the charts in quality. The panel review. Hania and Camille never fail to dissapoint in another battle that unsurprisingly went the distance and finished leaving both players wanting to play some one else for a change!! Much more to report and we welcome Nathan Lake and Sabrina Sobhy, both of whom had fantastic events.
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1/4s at the pyramids!
GG is back at the iconic venue the top seed, can he make amends for his last appearence in front of the pyramids, 2006 World open final defeat to David Palmer?! Were certainly excited to see! al great matches, Serme and Hania play for the 150th time. Squash tourist gests a mention and we
EP 30!!
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From no surprises / upsets in Manchester to upset central in Egypt as the Egyptian Open commences! We review the opening 2 rounds, welcome back the General as he beats Miguel, the Gilis sisters take out the world #9 and #7 in the round of 32, SJ and Rosner bow out in the same round. Asal waves good bye to his iMask and announces himsef as a serious threat with wins over Rosner and the former world #1 James Wilstrop.
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preview of the Egyptian Open, with hot takes and predictions to get the juices flowing for the event which starts tomorrow which just happens to be world squash day!
Happy world squash day!!!
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WTF review! A ridiculous week of high quality squehsh comes to an end.
The emergence of Hania as she came from 2/0 down to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat v Nour el Tayeb , whos semi final result against Sherbini had her down as a slight favorite tunred into clear favorite at 2/0 up. Still a great week for Tayeb.
Marwan El Shorbaggy cruises to victory playing flawlessly all week with some of the purest ball striking youll see coupled with some great moving and clinical finishing proving to much for Farag and Gawad as Joel Makin makes himself to be known as a serious contender to the top 5 players in the world this week backed up with wins v the world # 3 and 5 to make semi final at his first ever WTF
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Episode 26!! We hear from Camille Serme and how she avenged lasts week to Nour El Tayeb. The group are finished and they did not disappoint! We review how they finished and look ahead to some titanic battles in the semis today...
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We are mid way through the group stages for the World Tour Finals in Egypt. Some hot takes from the matches and preview the next few days and lead into the semi. We also here from Tarek Momen, Camille Serme and Sarah Jane Perry
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World tour finals preview with audio diaries from Sarah Jane Perry and Camille Serme.
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El Tayeb and ElShorbaggy win Manchester, the first event post Covid.
What a week its been in Manchester - We hear one last audio diary from Amanda Sobhy, review the finals and welcome to the show Hadrian Stiff, the coach to the ElShorbaggy brothers and Joelle King and hear his thoughts on Mohamed's victory as he continues to cement his place as one of the all time greats, securing his 42nd title.
Cracking day of squehsh!
We hear from Tim Garner , event organizer extrordinaire , and he fills us in in the challenges faced running an event in the middle of a pandemic!
We review the semis, pre view the final and stu gets lazy and takes 15 minutes off....
The 1/4s at Manchester certainly lived up to its billing.... Say no more
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Episode 20!!
We hear from Tesni Evans and Amanda Sobhy who both came through tight matches in round 2 and prepare for the 1/4 finals tomorrow.. Or today depending when your listening.. Or yesterday for that matter.....
We review round 2 and look ahead to some tasshhhhhtey 1/4 finals including a repeat f the 2019 world open final Tarek Momen and Paul Coll, Camile Serme v Joel King, Sobhy v tayeb, Evans v Perry, actucally well stop there as al matches promise to be amazing high qualiteh squehsh.
Day 2 round 1 Manchester Open
As day 2 comes to a conclusion we review some of todays matches and highlights.
We hear more audio diaries from Tesni Evans and Declan James, Both who played today
And we welcome Amanda Sobhy who shares her experience travelling from the US
Squash is back!!
The panel review happenings on the top half of round 1 and we have audio diaries from Welsh international Tesni Evans and Englishman Declan James who give us insight into entering the bubble and getting ready to play their first round matches on Thursday.
Squash is back and Stuarts emotional level hits the dizzy heights of a 7!
We preview the Manchester Open and just before we record were gutted to here GG, whos just off the back of securing a 12k in Prague beating Rapha Kandra in the final, Diego and Miguel are out of the draw!!
Chris catches up with Danielle Letourneau, the Canadian whos recently relocated to train and learn in Egypt as she gears up for the return of the tour
We're super excited to welcome on the show one of the biggest legends of squash, larger than life character, Johnathan Power.
We cover his career, playing style, sports punditry, why Diego is the horse to bet on as the tour resumes. How upset Gaultier was when Power retired and more...
Sit back and enjoy this one
Le tour is about to restart in Manchester!
The panel review some of the recent interviews that have been released on the PSA Worldtour in build up to the Manchester Open that is scheduled to begin September 16th (all going well!). Shorbaggy lays down the challenge and exciting times on the womens tour - a very open period where any number of players can genuinely put their hand up and claim the #1 ranking.
We welcome back Aisling Blake, a legend in Irish Squash who made 14 consecutive National finals showing incredible character to win her maiden title on the 14th time of asking.
Stu splashes out on a pair of goggles, Chris dips into the Ocean State and theres dissapointment Geraint Thomas has been left out of the TDF!
Today we welcome legendary New Zealander, Stuart Davenport.
Winner of the British Junior Open in 1982, Stuart had an amazing career that saw him reach a career high of 3 in the world before retiring in his mid 20s.
Stuart takes us back and talks about his career, the game today, how it differs from the 80s, what remains the same. His thoughts on Jahangir Khan. Having had an Egyptian coach, Mohamed Dardir, he gives his spin on Egyptian Squash, Paul Coll, blocking and some great anecdotes along the way.
The main Sachvie is getting married!!! #congrats
We speak about the big day and the temptation to get a game of squish in with Big Nico.
David Walshes 'The Russian Affair' gets a mention and the fingers crossed but all going well it looks like the PSA world tour may resume next month as a provisional calendar has been released.
We welcome back former world #2 Jenny Duncalf to the show and following the news of another college in the US to cut Varsity Squash we welcome on Oisin Logan a former GW player and Alum.
Following last weeks episode with Sam Cornett, we welcome 2 time Canadian national Champion, Cornell Alum, world #94 and multiple winner on the PSA world tour, Big Nico AKA - Nick Sachvie for his take on the moon show.
Nick talks about his thirst for being competitive, how he's been channeling that competitive spirit through Covid, the brother rivalry with Chris, MJ moves and some great stories from life on the tour plus how he plans to make a break up the rankings.
Great character - defiantly makes for an entertaining listen!!!!
We welcome recently retired Canadian squash great Samantha Cornett. The former Canadian #1 and world #28 takes us through her career and how she stuck it out before a break through season to get a big jump in the rankings.
Sad news in Irish sport with the passing of Jack Charlton last week. The former Irish manager was responsible for many great memories that will never be forgotten. The panel reminisce and share their first sporting memories and into squash
Chris shares some of his stuntman experiences, Stuart remembers the 80s and Arthur fell off a bike moving at 0.5mph
EPISODE 10!!
We welcome guest and 3 former world class PSA players in Aisling Blake, Samantha Cornett and Jenny Duncalf who all pay tribute to Raneem El Welily following her recent retirement.
Stuart picks the lads up hitting a 6.5 following his departure from the US as Arthurs optimism dwindles and Chris jumps back over the border!
Part 2 of the Alex Gough interview goes into his playing career, highlights, including how Wales were 1 game away from becoming World Champions in 1999! Alex also gives us insights to how he became the PSA CEO and some of the challenges faced early on.
We conclude the Stevie Richardson interview. The 13 time Jesters Trophy (formerly known as the British Amateur Championships), 2002 Irish National Champion talks us through his squash career and how in some ways he had the best of both worlds. Includes an incredible story of how a squash match was part of his wedding!!!!
Stuart gets council from Stevie as Stevie wants revenge. Chris talks about his love for competing again since his move to NYC and Arthurs hopes of a job in the finance world is a million to 1
One of ATCs favorite players and world #1 Raneem El Welily has retired. One of the few players that have retired at the summit of the rankings. An absolute legend whos grace on and off the court has inspired a generation...And the rest
The panel talk about Raneem and Stuart shares some amazing stats on her squash career.
We welcome Irish Squash Legend Stevie Richardson on the show. Stevie, whos DOB is unknown, has over 150 caps for Ireland in an international career that has lasted ,,,,,,,,, a really long time!! But we will get onto his squash career in our next show.
Shhhhtevie earns his crust in the financial world and he gives us an insight and his views into how these unprecedented times could impact the markets and global economy and the knock on effect it could have on sports..
Probably best avoid if your optimism is on a severe downward spiral, but great listening to Stevie talk about it all the same.
Enjoy
On todays show we welcome Citi Squash Alum and Dickenson Head Coach, Chris Fernandez and the CEO of the PSA World-tour Alex Gough in a 2 part interview.
In part 1 Alex talks us through the challenges the PSA faced and continue to navigate through including resuming of the PSA World-tour and the fund PSA set up for the players. Spoiler alert - There is talk of some big events soon! (don't get over excited as there's a way to go but the PSA is doing all they can)
Chris Fernandez and Jamal Callender open up and share some of their experiences growing up playing squash, how their love for the game was never going anywhere and what they would like to see happen to help squash break barriers and make the game more accessible. #Legends
Stuart looks like a runner, Chris is fresh as a daisy, Jamal is cooking for the boys and Arthur needs baggy cycling gear
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Jamal leads us through the fantasy British Open which leads the panel to discuss the GOAT.
Chris is excited with JKs nickname (possibly the greatest nickname of all time?!)
Stuart is tempted to follow Lance in order to shave a few mins off his 1/2 marathon.
We welcome SquashSkills Founder and CEO Jethro Binns who talks us through the recent Documentary "A Bronx Tale" (**Not a remake of the 93 Classic) he released almost 2 weeks ago. If you have yet to see it we highly recommend it. Even Arthur got a little emotional!
Jethro also gives a few exclusives for what Documentaries he's got planned for the future!!! #YHIHF (You Heard It Here First for all you non millenials,,,, Including the panel)
Todays episode features an in depth interview with Laura and Danny Massaro. We talk about the coach player husband wife dynamic, Danny's books 'the winning parent' and Laura's upcoming book due to be released later in the year as well as a look inot both their playing and coaching careers.
Stu is looking for more gains on his half marathon time with a streamline chop of the barnet!
Chris is in demand but expensive to take on the world-tour and DJ Danny Maz is back on the decks....
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In this special midweek episode - Arthur Gaskin, Chris Sachive (former Brown Squash coaches) and Stuart Crawford talk about the decision Brown made to relegate the Varsity program to a club team.
We welcome former players Charlie and Jack Blasberg and Quincy Beck, all former Brown Captains and scholar athletes
Stuart knocks a few minutes of his 1/2 marathon time... But how? Chris is excited about his spandex and Jamal is mixing it up at trader joes.
The panel talks about 'Range' - A sequel to the Sports Gene written by David Epstein - how generalists thrive in a specialist world and relate it to squash and their experiences
We check back in with New Zealand and their second Premier squash event. Stuart interviews with quarantine buddies Joel and Timwa.
And finally we have a great interview with current world #8 Amanda Sobhy who talks about MIT, Thierry and bungee jumping amongst other things!
The panel talks about 'The Last Dance' and how we can relate it to squash.
Following Peters interview with Gerry Gibson -Stuart and Chris talk about the influence Peter and Johnathan had in Scotland and Canada in the 90s and 00s.
Live squash resumes in New Zealand, we review the event and interview John Duggan, owner of club SquashXL and the man responsible for getting these events up and running.
Check out their website squashxl.co.nz or Facebook and Instagram page @ Squash XL for more info on their events and the club itself.
Chris catches up with fellow country man - Daniel Tiwana, 10 year old youtube squash player sensation. If you haven't seen it already you have to check out his quarantine training video on the link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FA4zWROh8
Former players, now coaches - Arthur Gaskin, Peter Nicol, Stuart Crawford and Chris Sachvie talk all things squash!
With guest interviews with PSA physio Derek Ryan and up and coming US squash player Olivia Fiechter.
In this episode, we go into how everyone is staying active during Covid-19.
Stuart and Chris give insight into college squash.
Peter and Arthur give talk about online coaching and using visual techniques to keep students active and learning.
Derek Ryan, PSA physio and trainer to many top squash players including Ali Farag, gives tips to the club player on how to manage physically. He talks about his online squash tournaments from home and insight into Ali Farags current training.
Peter blacks-out talking how his mindset would've been had he faced the pandemic in the peak of his playing days.
Olivia Fiechter reflects on her season, in particular the US home in her home town, Philly. Talks how she's been staying motivated.
This is what you get when you put an Irishman a Scotsman, an Englishman and a Canadian in the same virtual room
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