| Shot and a Ghost: a year in the brutal world of professional squash
| James Willstrop is one of the world’s leading squash players and one of the sport’s most complex and cerebral characters.Brought up in Pontefract, UK, he is anything but the archetypal Yorkshireman - a poetry-loving vegetarian with a love of musicals, Morrissey, Oscar Wilde and Philip Larkin. Fiercely competitive yet renowned for his sportsmanship, he became the world number one in January 2012 despite being accused by many of being ‘too nice’ to be a winner.At the age of 28 James has ju...More
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| Squash: Steps to Success - 2nd Edition (Steps to Success Activity Series)
| Learn the fundamentals and enjoy competing in this fast-paced tactical game. Whether you already play squash or are just starting out, Squash: Steps to Success will teach you the skills and strategies you need in order to play and win. With 13 progressive instructional steps, you'll learn all aspects of the game. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and photo sequences demonstrate essential on-the-court movement, volleys, serves, returns, and drop shots. Then practice and improve tech...More
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| Racquetball and Squash: Conditioning and Injury Prevention (Kindle Edition)
| If you love to play racquetball or squash but always suffer from injuries that prevent you from steady improvement, this book is for you. The one-sided nature of the sport creates a lot of imbalances in your body that over time create overuse injuries. In this book, you will find practical advice on how to adjust your training to the requirements of your body, and how to achieve maximum racquetball/squash fitness that will improve your performance and stop the aches.You will learn how to listen ...More
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| Squash Tennis
| The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge.
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| Jahangir and the Khan Dynasty (Pelham practical sports)
| The story of Jahangir Khan, the great world champion squash player, and the Khan family is told in this book. Jahangir's father, Roshan, was a British Open Champion and his uncle, Nasrullah, was a coach. His brother, Torsam, collapsed on court during a tournament and later died. His cousin Rahmat, who contributed to the writing of this book, has long been Jahangir's coach and mentor. The book is an authorized biography written with full access to Jahangir Khan and his family in Britain and in Pa...More
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| Tips, Tricks and Secrets to Playing Squash
| Tips, Tricks and Secrets to Playing Squash
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| The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Racquetball & Squash (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training...) (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training: Racquetball & Squash)
| The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Racquetball and Squash is the most comprehensive and up-to-date racquetball and squash-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round racquetball and squash-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.No other ra...More
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| Squash : A History of the Game
| The first comprehensive history of squash in the United States, Squash incorporates every aspect of this increasingly popular sport: men's and women's play, juniors and intercollegiates, singles and doubles, hardball and softball, amateurs and professionals. Invented by English schoolboys in the 1850s, squash first came to the United States in 1884 when St. Paul's School in New Hampshire built four open-air courts. The game took hold in Philadelphia, where players founded the U.S. Squash...More
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| Raising Big Smiling Squash Kids: The Complete Roadmap For Junior Squash
| Squash offers your kid unparalleled benefits - opportunities to travel the world, top colleges, a sport that can be enjoyed no matter what the weather, and a game where you don't always need a partner for practice. Plus: friendship, character building, and a lifetime of health and optimum fitness. Whether you know squash or not; whether your kid is 2 or 18 and just starting out, or has a few years of squash experience, this book offers a complete roadmap to all the game has to offer. You'll f...More
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| Squash: Skills of the Game
| The bestselling Skills of the Game series provides in-depth instruction for players and coaches, written by leading names in the field. This is the first squash manual that deals with the technical changes demanded by a new generation of rackets and courts. All aspects of the game covered, from rules to mental play, and there are tips and advice throughout, tried and tested by England’s national coach.
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| The Squash Workshop: A Complete Game Guide
| This is a comprehensive, practical manual for players, teachers, coaches, and officials at every level of the game. With step-by-step instruction, illustrated by sequence photographs and detailed color diagrams, the book includes techniques for each shot in the game, with solo and pairs practices; color photographs of the top players; details on rules and equipment; tactics, fitness, and mental approach; and aspects of coaching, refereeing, and marking.
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| Sex and Drugs and Squash'n'Roll
| Teenager Jolyon Jacks comes of age in the man’s world of professional squash, on the worldwide ‘PSA’ tour. A chance game against a girl at school leads fifteen year old Jacks to Manchester, and the iron-hard, iron-willed coach, ‘Sailor’ McCann. Sailor wants Jolyon to abandon his rich private school education for full time squash. Jolyon opts for squash, goodbye school, in the process defying his domineering mother. She is implacably set on forcing Jolyon to the top of the tennis tree, ...More
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| Ian McKenzie's Squash Skills
| Ian Mckenzie’s Squash Skills provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for squash players who want to improve their game and benefit from advice on match tactics. Written in Ian’s thorough and practical style, it covers the basics and then develops your game to include advanced shots and matchplay. Chapters explore what makes a winning player, explaining the vital roles of tactics, temperament, and fitness. Exercises are suggested for both solo and pairs practice, and a separate se...More
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| Squash Racquets, the Khan Game
| Hashim Khan is the legendary squash player who wrote his book by speaking and demonstrating to Randall E. Richard...no editing...Khan's words are left in second-language English that gives you the feeling of meeting the man and sharing his wisdom. Full of diagrams and strategies.
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| How to Play Squash: A Step-By-Step Guide (Jarrold Sports)
| This series is designed to supplement the actual play or coaching of dozens of sports and activities. Full color figure drawings and diagrams take the mystery from effective techniques, bringing the beginner to competitive status in a minimum time period.
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| Advanced Squash
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| How to Play Squash
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| Science and Strategy of Squash
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| Squash: Skills Techniques Tactics (Crowood Sports Guides)
| "Crowood Sports Guides" provide sound, practical advice that will make you a better sportsperson, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport.
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| Squash: Technique, Tactics, Training (Crowood Sports Guides)
| From the CROWOOD SPORTS GUIDES series, a beginner's guide to squash, which covers the rules and procedure of the game, choosing equipment, skills and techniques plus tips from leading competitors in the game.
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