Does anybody still play squash nowadays?

[simonwoo]

Lost touch with the racket technology leow. Saw the Wilson nanocarbon for around $100, is this good? I play tennis more, still using their hypercarbon tennis racket and love it. They have some k-control range but almost $200 so don't think I will go for that...

Appreciate any advice or comments. Thanks!

[buckman]

Haha, I used to be on the school squash squad -- 24 yrs ago. Put me in the court now and there better be a couple of paramedics on standby... I don't think I'll last 10mins! Sorry bro, I really lost touch of the equipment available these days.

[simonwoo]

Haha ok, still love my Wilson hyper carbon tennis racquet, so ended up getting their nano carbon squash racquet as well.

There are two styles of playing :

1. Competitive - I hit the ball away from you, you hit the ball away from me
2. Old man - I hit the ball to you, you hit the ball to me

If you're up to it, join me for a game of the 2nd style haha. Don't worry, I don't want to risk getting a heart attack either :P

[Nicholas]

haha , im like 18 and i play squash

its really a under played game , very little teenagers my age knows how to play it these days , so im playing with my bro and my dad ... and i like the first one better

1. Competitive - I hit the ball away from you, you hit the ball away from me

more exercise ... im not to familiar with the raquets though , mine is freakin heavy

[simonwoo]

Haha heavy? You don't know heavy until you've played with wooden racquets

Technology has come a long long way... Back then with those racquets, you could literally feel the vibration all the way down your whole arm if you didn't hit the ball properly :P

I feel my Wilson nano carbon ace is already very light - around 190kg. I bought another spare cheaper racquet ($70) and that's like 160g. The higher end model is around 145g.

But can you imagine, even such racquets nowadays are dirt cheap, like for $50 you can already get a Titanium racquet which is more than good enough for the weekend warrior.