2002weiwei

我现居住地downtown apartment有一免费壁球场，希望高手不吝赐教。当然了请先给我讲讲壁球规则，壁球拍的鉴别及出售地。不用急，陪练两天，您就有了一位同行高手可以切磋啦!  :cool:

helloman

I'll see you at around 6pm Thursday.

2002weiwei

glad to see your information of squash.unfortunately,i have to go back to toronto this friday afternoon because of something urgently to deal with,and i am not sure when i can come back to montreal according to the situation.so tomorrow afternoon,i will go to mcgill gym;thursday should be our last squash practice before my leaving.as you are familiar with our building squash court,welcome you to play whether i am in or not.thanks for your teaching and glad to meet you here.see you thursday.

helloman

I just found out that a squash tournament
will take place this coming weekend, Oct 31 to Nov 2.
The club is Mirabel tennis and squash club in Pointe-Claire, near Fairview shopping center.
The first rounds in all categories will start at around 6pm on Friday.
Most good matches are usually found on Saturday, with the semi-finals and finals on Sunday.
From my past experience, it is free for anyone
to go in the club to watch the matches on tournament days.

If you are interested in squash,
you should definitely go to catch a match or 2.

http://www.squash.qc.ca/2003/Pictures/Tour_Mirabel.jpg

helloman

It is not that rare for one side to get no point in a squash game. I've seen similar cases in tournaments.
I've also seen players coming back from 0-8
to win a game at 10-8.
Even in high level matches, it is still very possible.
In the final of 2003 World Junior Women's Championship,
Australia's number one player, Brown,
lost 3 straight games, getting not a SINGLE point in all 3 games, to Egyptian's number one player,
who happens to be world junior champion.
See part of the report below:
  

Egypt declared themselves world champions today in historic fashion when they beat the Aussies in style to claim the title. Playing on their home court, and in front of their home crowd, the Egyptian team proved to the world their unchallenged strength in the finals against Australia.

The opening game between Badr and Australia's Urquhart was the closest of the match. Urquhart was put on great pressure by the Egyptian's attacking, basic game. Badr made very few errors and constantly moved Urquhart to control the " T " and match, and won in three. The Australian had put on a huge fight but Badr was just the better player today.

Next came world junior champion, Abdel Kawy, against Australia's number one Brown. Brown had played a five game thriller the previous day with England's Pierrepont and some may have thought that the Aussie could offer the world champion some challenge.

Those who thought so were very wrong.

Playing dazzling squash, Abdel Kawy refused to drop one single point in the entire match, illustrating the huge gap between her and the other players in the tournament. Everything the Egyptian did was just perfect. There were no mistakes from the Egyptian's side and Brown found herself helpless to a determined Abdel Kawy. With Abdel Kawy ' s 27-0 win Egypt won the title. "Winning the team title completes my dream. This is just great for Egyptian squash and for Egypt," said the eighteen year old world champ.
In the dead rubber El Waleily only dropped three points. Egypt had won the match and team title in spectacular fashion in front of the cheering crowd.

helloman

How was your Jet club outing ?

I think I recover enough to hit a few balls this Thursday.

Let me know if you can practice.

2002weiwei

weekend dancing is now doubt,how about disco at jet club?hope you have a good rest this weekend.donot worry about my practice of squash.i keep it going well.see you next chance.

helloman

My recovery is slow so far.
Weekend dancing is now a doubt.
I hope that sauna and soaking in hot water
will speed up the recovery.

It is good that you will have a chance
to watch the top players compete.
Everytime you watch a good match,
your horizon of the game will expand.
You will see how the good players execute their shots
in smooth and efficient manner:
how they move around the courts effortlessly like cat;how they apply different strategies to gain edges.

When I was active in this game long time ago,
I find that my game improved the most
after watching top players play,
then got back to practice with renewed enthusiam and vision.
After you have solid basic techniques,
you need to play a wide variety of players
to deal with different styles and gain match-play experience.

In Montreal, some clubs organize open tournaments
once or twice a year,
for example, Montreal Amateur Club on Peel street
just north of Maisonneuve;
Atwater Club on Atwater street just north of Sherbrooke.


The following sites might be of interest to you:
http://www.sportsladders.com/squash/vwladder.asp?ladder=208

http://www.squash.qc.ca/Permanent/league_rules.html

http://www.clubsportifmaa.com/squash_pro.html

http://www.squashtalk.com/html/news/mar03/news03-89.htm

2002weiwei

helloman,hope your recovery comes soon,have a good time to play squash with you.
Toronto, October 14, 2003 – The world’s top squash players will be back in Toronto to fight for the US$40,000 purse in the 2003 Pace Credit Union Canadian Classic from November 17 to 20 in the Allen Lambert Galleria of downtown Toronto’s BCE Place. The main draw event with 16 players commences at 6 p.m., Monday, November 17 and will be played in a glass squash court with seating for 550 ticketed spectators.

i should be there at that time.

helloman

I knew beforehand
that my body would ache after a match.
I still couldn't resist to run hard during a game.
Well, the running wasn't really all that hard
by my old standards
but my long-underused muscles were not quite ready yet
for the stretching, lunging, sudden change of
direction, bending and the various demands of a squash game.
Now I am sore everywhere,
especially in my right hamstring.
I think I might even have strained a muscle in there somewhere.
For the next few days, I will be moving in sloooow
motion until my body recovers.
Overall, I am mildly satisfied by my performance
in the match this evening.
The fact that I could hit length shots
and stayed in the game was a step in the right direction.

2002weiwei,
   Thank you for your hospitallity.
Sorry for not dropping by to return the ball
but the library was going to close soon,
so I had to run, well more like limp, rightaway.
If I recover in time,
we can probably have a practice session this Sunday.
We'll see in the next few days.