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American junior Amanda SobhyTable of Contents
September 2009
Vol. 12 No. 9

In the past, the American Junior Girls have finished a respectable fourth in the World Team Championships. But they've never really been close to reaching the final. Until now. Though the Americans ultimately lost to Egypt, who went on to win the championship, Amanda Sobhy serviced notice that the Americans are knocking on the door by upsetting the new World Junior Champion in the second match of the semifinal versus Egypt which leveled the score at one win each.
 
FEATURES
22 JUNIOR WOMEN'S WORLDS
The US team pushed Egypt to the brink of elimination on the semifinals before finishing fourth, with No. 2 Amanda Sobhy putting off a string of impressive wins to power the Americans.

28 MACCABIAH GAMES
American girls won gold while the boy's, men's and women's teams each won silver medals at the 18th installment of the Maccabiah Games

28 WISPA PROMO TOUR
Visits to Switzerland and Italy by WISPA's elite players excites juniors hoping to one day play professional squash.


DROPSHOTS
4 FROM US SQUASH

6 PLAY SQUASH

8 AMERICAN JUNIORS PLAY ABROAD

9 CARL STANFORD FORSYTHE III

10 LIFE TIME FITNESS
Not just a mantra, Life Time is a growing national chain of clubs dedicating itself to squash.

12 "SPA"TLIGHT ON LYNN LEONG

14 MEN'S WORLD TEAMS PREVIEW
Led by Julian Illingworth and Gilly Lane, the American men are looking for a top-10 finish in Denmark.


LESSONCOURT
16 STRENGTH TRAINING
Torso and leg strength are critical to decelerating on the ball. But why?

20 YOUR GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD
Do you find yourself stuck in the back corners... a lot? We have ways of getting out of back-court purgatory.

21 CLEAR THE FRONT CORNERS
"Stick and Move" might work in boxing. But in squash, it's not enough to just move away from the ball.


SPOTLIGHT
32 CROSS COURTS INVITATIONAL

36 WILL'S WORLD
 

 

Mar 2010

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