Squash rallies part 5

[bobski2601]

i saw this game and ricketts won 3-1 and totally got into ramy's head.he had to retire shortly after this just as he was on his way to the no1 spot.now ramy's the king of squash and will be for a long time.

[bobski2601]

it's an absolute gutter that anthony ricketts had to retire from squash through injury.he was mr elastic on the squash court and i loved watching him play.always arguing with with ref's, trying to wind his opponants up, you will be missed.

[funlovingmonkey]

2:47 Wow.

[mj418]

For me Ramy's pick-ups are fine. You get a good view of what is happening at 5:24 He's getting his racket below the ball and flicking it up, no more contact with the ball than a normal shot. I think Ricketts was annoyed about the amount of balls Ramy was getting back more than anything

[ArnthorJon]

Ramy's pick up at 6:48 is very dodgy to say the least.

[khawarjq18]

Great videos. Keep them coming, My fav is jansher khan, i dont think anyone can ever be as good as him, how ever thats my opinion, I wana see jansher khan's videos in this type of video quality.

[squashjoker]

it's a great match for ramy and ricketts both of them amazing players

[abdiver12]

I think this match demonstrates why squash players are some of the fittest athletes on the planet. Tennis players like Nadal and Federer have got nothing on these guys and wouldn't last a game at this pace.

[johnknight1986]

agreed!!

[mrbobevans]

Well, get over it. Tennis players like Fed and Nadal make 20 times more than the top squash players. Tennis is played on every part of the globe while squash is mostly played in just a few countries.

[Stuffcakes]

@abdiver12

These guys wont last a game vs nadal or federer. You have to look at both players in their respects. All of them are great athletes. I know its quite annoying how one sport gets way more attention and appreciation than the other.

[Darkchris999]

you can't compare squash and tennis players like that. Nadal/ Federer wouldn't last a game against these guys at squash and these guys wouldn't beat them at tennis. In terms of intensity and fitness the top squash players would easily outlast the top tennis players but thats just because its a tougher sport and those fitness levels are required to play it.

[Irifalchen]

@abdiver12 What do you base that analysis on?

[abdiver12]

First, from personal experience (6.0 squash when fit, Pac 10 tennis level). Please note I'm talking purely of cardio vascular endurance and foot speed, not upper body strength or racket skills. I put a member of the Cal Tennis team on the squash court once and he could barely get to anything nor last longer than a game endurance wise with me playing at 1/2 pace.  Second (see next posting):

[abdiver12]

Second, studies at what was once the British Medical Olympic centre concluded that squash was the second hardest physical sport behind Olympic gymnastics using the fitness factors of speed, strength, power, flexibility,agility, aerobic and anaerobic capacities. This evidence was published in medical journals and the Times newspaper. Scientists produced 17 different fitness tests using one of the top badminton, squash and tennis players to battle out to see who was the fittest and strongest.

[Irifalchen]

@abdiver12 I'm sure you've heard of the 11-hour Isner-Mahut match at Wimbledon 2010. and that's not the only long match in tennis. Federer-Nadal in Wimbledon 2008 went about 4:48 hours or something and almost 5 hours at AUS open 2009, and I think you would know that they do play at the highest level, which does require their maximal fitness. It's a hard comparison to make because different muscle groups are used in different sports to do different things, so different reactions are developed.

[Irifalchen]

@abdiver12 I'm not, in the very least, trying to refute your statement with selective statistics, but that's all I can offer as a counter-argument since I am not fully knowledgeable on the study that you referenced. Just out of curiosity, do you know which tennis players participated in the test?

[abdiver12]

@Irifalchen Unfortunately, I don't know who the badminton and tennis player was. In squash, its not the length of the matches but the intensity of rallies that make it hard. The average length of time between hits is only .6 seconds meaning you have less time to reach the ball. You cannot over run the ball as in tennis, you have to come to a full stop suddenly or you will not recover in time to get the next shot. If you play squash at a high level, you will understand.

[abdiver12]

@Irifalchen I didn't take up squash seriously until the mid 2000's. From the early 80's onwards it was all tennis, high school, college, tournaments. Never stepped foot on a squash court. Only when I started playing at my club did I realize how brutal this sport is, how intense the rallies, how you're doubled over in lung pain after just one game. One rally can last 100 strokes. Give it a try and you'll understand! Tennis definitely requires more upper body strength though.

[abdiver12]

@Irifalchen Last but not least, soon after he retired, I read that Stefan Edberg, one of the fittest guys in tennis, tried a game of squash in Sweden during a tournament there. The reporter made note of how incredibly tired Edberg was during his game, literally dripping with sweat and doubled over with heaving lungs and Edberg doesn't even play at the highest level of squash. I never saw Edberg like that on the tennis court.

[abdiver12]

@Irifalchen The squash player (Chris Walker) won 15 of the tests outright, and drew 1 with the badminton player. Badminton player won 1 drew 1. Tennis player won none and broke down at the end of testing, exhausted and unable to continue. Again, these results were published in various medical journals and Fitness magazine.

These studies only confirmed what I already knew: Tennis has nothing on squash in terms of fitness requirements.

[Irifalchen]

@abdiver12 In terms of fitness alone, you may have a point. Although you also have to consider that in professional tennis, matches do go to five sets, ( I played one at state level myself, and I can understand fatigue) it uses a different level of fiber involvement. For example, most high-level long squash matches last maybe an hour, hour-and-a-half at the most.

[Roosterhahn92]

in 2005 saudi int open final... if he had won he would be world no.1 but power won and went world number one

[Irishidotsquashgod]

i think ricketts could have made it to world number one

does anyone else agree

[thetigerbenji]

@Irishidotsquashgod no bad temprement in my opinion

[chowsta168]

woops

spelled his name wrong

[chowsta168]

omg ashur is the shit

[robertoazmitia]

What is Ramy complaining about at 7:48?? I don´t get it.

[xaNzMan]

wanted at let .. thought it was good

[ArnthorJon]

Ramys counter drop at 6:48 looks like a scoop to me... the other ones where also borderline I think

[Xavierthegreat666]

Good stuff Roosterhahn!! Keep it coming...

[xedvux]

Its a shame Ricketts had to retire. Ashour seems to struggle against Ricketts.

Awesome rallies from both players.

[Irishidotsquashgod]

Ramy ashour is 1 of the best shot makers ever

[Roosterhahn92]

my fav player jonathan power,john white,james willstrop i like them all

[Irishidotsquashgod]

i also liked jp and especially niicol and palmer

[Irishidotsquashgod]

who is ur fave player

i like lincou and ashour

[Roosterhahn92]

yes no problem the next parts will follow:)

[Irishidotsquashgod]

if ramy plays bad he would loose normally because he can't really hit good long shots

[Irishidotsquashgod]

thanks i have been waiting a long time for this

[feudallordcult]

Your squash videos are absolutely the BEST on the internet! Thank you for everything.