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Egypt \u2764\ufe0f squash and squash \u2764\ufe0f Egypt. Why? <\/strong>Egyptian players have for decades dominated the international squash circuit. Seven of thetop ten players<\/a> in the Professional Squash Association\u2019s (PSA) men\u2019s game are Egyptian nationals, as are five of the top ten women \u2014 with the top three spots all currently occupied by Egyptian women.<\/p>\n

Case in point: <\/strong>Egyptian champions Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini (both World #2s) walked away with the PSA squash championship cups earlier this month following two all-Egyptian final matches at the CIB-sponsored event.<\/p>\n

Where it all began: <\/strong>The English exported their game to Egypt in the early twentieth century, building courts to entertain the colonial officers stationed in Cairo and Alexandria. Squash even gets a mention in the classic film Lawrence of Arabia (watch, runtime: 1:23<\/a>), when staff brief the famed lieutenant as he arrives back at British military HQ in Cairo: \u201cWe\u2019re doing alright, sir. We\u2019ve built a squash court.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before we were beating the British at their own game: <\/strong>Egyptian diplomat F.D Amr Bey picked up the racquet when he was sent to England in 1928. By the early 1930s, Amr Bey became the first non-English victor of the British Open, the equivalent at the time of the world championship. He held the title until he retired, undefeated, in 1938, making him \u201cthe first truly dominant squash player in history,\u201d PSA says<\/a>. Amr Bey passed the mantle on to one-time ball boy Mahmoud El Karim<\/a>, who walked away with four British Open titles in the 1940s.<\/p>\n

But it was in the 1990s that the seeds of our current squash success were sown: <\/strong>Egyptian players faded from the squash scene in the second half of the twentieth century \u2014 only to come roaring back as it drew to a close. The catalyst was one Ahmed Barada, who shot to fame when he reached the final of the inaugural Al-Ahram International tournament. The sight of a wildcard Egyptian player rocketing to the top of the game \u2014 against the backdrop of the Giza Pyramids, no less \u2014 is credited with inspiring a generation of local kids who would go on to command the international circuit. \"We always had someone to look up to and follow,\" men\u2019s world #3 Mohamed Elshorbaghy was cited by the BBC<\/a> as saying of Barada.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the magic recipe that has propelled our players to the top? <\/strong>The \u2018Barada effect\u2019 spurred enthusiasm among young athletes to learn the game \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t explain why we\u2019ve been able to produce so many stellar players.<\/p>\n

Advantage #1: \u201cConcentrated quality.\u201d <\/strong>Around 1.7 mn people play squash in the US across 3.5k courts. By contrast, we have just 400 courts and less than 10k players \u2014 and the pros are all based at some 10 clubs in Cairo and Alexandria, the New York Times<\/a> reports. That makes for a tight-knit community where up-and-coming talent get to play against and be mentored by the very best in the game. \u201cThese young players get to see how the greats play, train, eat,\u201d Daniel Coyle, who writes about the science of success, told the paper.<\/p>\n

Advantage #2: Dynamic technique. <\/strong>Our players are pioneering a new technique that some say also makes for a more interesting game. \u201c<\/strong>Egyptian squash is dynamic and unstructured, with out-of-nowhere drop shots and deceptive flicks of the wrist,\u201d the NYT says. It\u2019s also aggressive: \"The old style of game was about the long attritional rallies, hundreds of shots, up and down the side wall, but now largely thanks to the Egyptians you're seeing a new style of squash: attacking squash,\" Squash Mad editor Alan Thatcher tells France24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advantage #3: Cachet. <\/strong>Few countries hold squash players in quite as high esteem as we do \u2014 and that draws young athletes to the game. Add to that the fact that squash talent can help land Egyptian high schoolers much-coveted spots at US universities, and it's not surprising that parents of athletically gifted children are keen for them to pick squash. Whereas in the US, there are any number of well-funded, high-profile sports to funnel athletic kids into, here, a greater proportion of those kids head straight for the squash court, the NYT notes.<\/p>\n

The future of Egyptian squash? <\/strong>While some have sounded the alarm that our dominance could be under threat as more young players move abroad for study, the current rankings suggest otherwise. With each success, more young Egyptians are discovering the squash scene \u2014 and that positive feedback loop will be hard for any other country to break. Long live the era of the Egyptian squash champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt \u2764\ufe0f squash and squash \u2764\ufe0f Egypt. Why? Egyptian players have for decades dominated the international squash circuit. Seven of thetop ten players in the Professional Squash Association\u2019s (PSA) men\u2019s game are Egyptian nationals, as are five of the top ten women \u2014 with the top three spots all currently occupied by Egyptian women. 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