Court Shoes

Court Shoes

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Executive Summary about Court Shoes by Joe Denver

Court shoes are often referred to as pumps.

Court shoes with any height of heel are a great little standby, with a medium heel they are heaven to wear and are a good all rounder. Pumps are the perfect shoes for emergency business meetings or casual evening wear.

Court shoes can be functional or glamorous and are fantastic shoes for daily wear. They come in thousands of colours, materials and styles and a true court shoe has a closed in toe and heel.

Elegant, stylish and comfortable, Jacqui Kennedy wore them with style to complement her tailored suits and pillbox hats.

Top designers have created court shoes for a number of celebrities. Coco Chanel was one of the designers who made the court shoe fashionable for a host of famous women. 

Avoiding Injuries in Squash
Executive Summary about Court Shoes by Peter Ku

Warm-Up. It's still amazing how many squash players simply step onto the court and start playing.

Court Shoes. Great and proper-fitting court shoes are very hard to find because everyone has different feet. Shoes that may work perfectly well for someone's long-time squash buddy of 15 years may be disastrous for the next person. Among other things, one's long-time squash buddy may have wider feet, crooked feet, some may pronate and others supinate.

After many years of playing squash, it is the opinion of the author that the best shoes to wear for squash are heavily padded mid-top basketball shoes.

Traditional court shoes tend not to fit as snugly and, as a result, feet can slip inside the shoe, particularly during sharp turns.

Racquets. The piece of equipment that most squash players usually get right is the racquet. That's because squash players, like golfers, spend a lot of time obsessing about their racquets. That said, like court shoes, choice of racquets is a very personal decision.

First, the racquet must be able to absorb vibration so as not to transfer that vibration to the arm of the racquet holder. Arm vibration will eventually result in a very painful condition known as tendonitis. Many players play with cheap "starter" racquets that are either poor quality to begin with or are strung with poor quality strings, as a result of which significant vibration is transferred to the player's arm. Over time, playing with a low quality racquet is simply not worth it.

Relatively weak players and even most advanced players should consider playing with racquets that weigh no more than 140 grams. There is a characteristic of the racquet known as swing weight and, although this is not precise, the heavier the racquet, the greater the swing weight. Strings are not expensive, so they should be replaced frequently, more frequently than most avid squash players realize.

Hydration. Why water? Because of the intense nature of the game of squash, squash players build up tremendous amounts of lactic acid in their large muscles groups, particularly leg and back muscles.

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