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Danny Massaro is a high-performance coach, author, and former England Squash national coach known for his deep insights into mindset, communication, and team culture. With decades of experience coaching elite athletes — including world champions — Danny combines sport psychology, leadership, and storytelling to help players thrive both on and off the court.

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Overcoming The Top-10 Mental Obstacles In Sport - https://go.sportmind.io/Mastery

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Grab Your Copy Of The Squash Playbook - https://www.squashplaybook.com/ ⚫️💨

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Gareth Mole is a leading sport psychologist and founder of Condor Performance, known for his evidence-based, no-nonsense approach to mental training. With over two decades of experience working with professional athletes and teams worldwide, Gareth specializes in turning psychological theory into practical tools that boost consistency, confidence, and composure under pressure.

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Overcoming The Top-10 Mental Obstacles In Sport - https://go.sportmind.io/Mastery

The SportMind Portal - https://go.sportmind.io/Portal

Grab Your Copy Of The Squash Playbook - https://www.squashplaybook.com/ ⚫️💨

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Gareth Mole is a leading sport psychologist and founder of Condor Performance, known for his evidence-based, no-nonsense approach to mental training. With over two decades of experience working with professional athletes and teams worldwide, Gareth specializes in turning psychological theory into practical tools that boost consistency, confidence, and composure under pressure.

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Overcoming The Top-10 Mental Obstacles In Sport - https://go.sportmind.io/Mastery

The SportMind Portal - https://go.sportmind.io/Portal

Grab Your Copy Of The Squash Playbook - https://www.squashplaybook.com/ ⚫️💨

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Ken Way is a pioneering sport psychologist who has worked with elite athletes, Premier League football clubs, and national teams across multiple sports. Known for blending psychology with practical performance tools, Ken brings decades of experience helping players master the mental side of competition and perform under pressure.

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Overcoming The Top-10 Mental Obstacles In Sport - https://go.sportmind.io/Mastery

The SportMind Portal - https://go.sportmind.io/Portal

Grab Your Copy Of The Squash Playbook - https://www.squashplaybook.com/ ⚫️💨

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Former World No. 2 and one of England’s greatest squash players, Peter Marshall is known for his unique double-handed style and relentless work ethic. After overcoming chronic fatigue syndrome, he made a remarkable comeback to the top of the sport — a story of resilience, reinvention, and mental strength.

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Grab Your Copy Of The Squash Playbook - https://www.squashplaybook.com/ ⚫️💨

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“The SquashMind podcast interviewing the greatest minds and thinkers about the psychology of competing to the maximum in high performance sport”

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Today I welcome to the show the 2019 World Champion Tarek Momen.

We have just had a deep dive conversation taking all sorts of routes and rabbit holes and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. 

We start off with talking about growing up in the Egyptian squash culture and how his athlete parents helped teach him lot of discipline very early on and how this paid dividends later. This also lent itself to his perfectionist mindset which he reflects is both a blessing and a curse. 

We also explore how he was able to get the balance between getting an engineering degree, passing with highest honours, as well as reaching the top 20 in the World Rankings at 22-years old. A pretty incredible feat and one to be admired even if he achieved nothing more in the game. 

We spend a large part of the show talking about his World Open victory in 2019 and the whole story of how it came together from the year before losing in the final of the same event. Quite a story and Tarek really comes to life and tells it in such a detailed and fantastic way. It was a real pleasure sitting and unpacking it all with him and I think you will really enjoy reliving what he has to say on it all. 

Tarek also kindly shares his mental tips for some key subjects of high performance including how he deals with losses in mentally positive way, what is happening when he feels mentally at his strongest, what his visualisation process is and how he relies on it as a big part of his mental training, how he copes with nerves, what starting a match well looks like, what mental state you should try be in when closing out a match, and finally his final message for how to become mentally strong. 

A true gentleman and a great asset to the game of squash. Thank you to Tarek and I am sure you are going to get as much out of this as we both did.

Please enjoy… 

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Today I am excited to have on the show my long-time friend, fellow squash player, and coach, Gilly Lane. Also affectionately known as Gilly from Philly! 

Gilly was a former world number 48 with three PSA titles and seven finals. He was also a US National Team player between 2007 and 2015. He is currently the head of men's squash at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2022, he led the team to become Ivy League Champions, and in that same year, he was awarded Ivy League Coach of the Year. A pretty high-flying CV both as a player and now as a coach 

Gilly and I go way back, and we first met when I was in my early 20s, around 2003, as I was invited to train in Philadelphia for a summer and to help Gilly get an off-season like a pro would. He was a couple of years younger than me, and he was considering his future squash options. We became close friends and have stayed in touch ever since. 

On the show, we discuss Gilly’s first summer training in the UK and the lessons he learned there, as well as how this shaped him for the next steps of his professional career. He reflects on some of the lessons he learned and things he may have done differently. We talk about his pride in playing for his country and how he, along with a few others, were the early pioneers of professional US squash. He opens up and shares the real reasons why he retired from the game at such a young age, and it may surprise you. I really respect how open and honest Gilly was on the show today, and he lays out his vulnerabilities for us all to hear and hopefully learn from. 

We continue the conversation about his role now at the University of Pennsylvania and the incredible job he is doing alongside his assistants, Stuart Crawford and Jack Wyant. He has turned the team and the culture around amazingly well, and it only looks like it’s getting stronger and stronger. He shares some of the key aspects of what it takes to be a successful college coach, as well as how players can get the most out of themselves during their time at college. We discuss the mental health aspect and the pressures of college squash, and he shares some brilliant tips on this. It was also great to hear how he has grown and changed as a coach and a person, and how he now coaches very differently than on his first day in the chair. He is massively committed to building a strong team culture, and you can see he is such a role model and leader for these young athletes he is in charge of. 

If you want to follow Gilly and his progress at Penn, then please do check him out on Instagram at @gillyfromphilly6.

I thoroughly enjoyed catching up with Gilly, and it had been a long time coming. I am grateful for the time he spent with me today, and I am sure you are going to feed off his positive energy and enthusiasm for the game. We are lucky to have him doing what he is doing. So without further ado, please welcome Gilly Lane. 

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Today, I am absolutely thrilled to welcome to the show a true ambassador for the sport of squash, Charlie Johnson! Hailing from Bishops Stortford, England, Charlie has been based in the United States for the past 10 years, and is currently the Squash Director at Bay Club Redwood Shores, CA, a Team USA National Coach, and the founder of the Charlie Johnson Squash Academy - CJSA. 

He is fiercely passionate about growing the game of squash and, more importantly, shaping world-class individuals.

In our conversation today, we'll be diving into Charlie's early days in the UK as a full-time pro squash player and the factors that led to his move across the pond to the US. We'll explore the adjustments he had to make to thrive in the US squash scene and how he ultimately built an incredible coaching career.

Charlie recently received a prestigious award for his coaching, and we'll discuss the fabric and philosophy that underpins his approach to coaching. We'll also touch on the impressive success of his academy and the guidance he offers to parents of young, talented players.

A true student of the game, Charlie has an amazing process of keeping detailed notes to help him grow and develop as a coach. We'll delve into this method and discuss one of his standout philosophies: "We're not teaching ordinary people how to be extraordinary squash players, we're teaching ordinary players to be extraordinary people."

From handling pressure in big moments to training the mind as a junior athlete, Charlie shares his insights on the behaviours that separate the good from the great. We'll wrap up by discussing the future of junior squash in the US and where he sees the sport heading in the coming years.

I am beyond excited for you to listen to the wisdom and passion Charlie brings to the table. You can follow his journey on Instagram at @cjsquashacademy.

So, without further ado, let's dive in and welcome the one and only Charlie Johnson!

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Today, I am happy to introduce Luke Butterworth, a former player on the PSA World Tour, who has channeled his global competitive experience into becoming one of America's leading squash coaches.

Luke currently serves as the National Junior Coach for TEAM USA. He previously held the role of Head Coach for the Paraguay National Squash Team, leading them to a historic medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. He is also the founder of LBSQUASH and currently holds the esteemed position of Director of Squash at Greenwich Academy. There, Luke has orchestrated the team's success, culminating in seven National Championships and he has a burning ambition for more!

In our captivating conversation, we'll journey back to Luke's early days in Northern UK, exploring the foundations of his squash journey. We'll discuss what sparked his move to the US, and the prestigious coaching award he recently received.

We'll delve into the fabric of Luke's coaching philosophy, his blueprint for success, and the reasons behind the triumphs of his players. He'll share invaluable advice for parents of young, talented players and identify some of the most prominent mental barriers holding players back.

From discussing techniques for handling high-pressure moments to nurturing a player's confidence, Luke offers insightful guidance. We'll also delve into the importance of mental training for junior athletes, and the behaviours that distinguish the exceptional from the good.

As we wrap up, we look ahead to the future of US junior squash, with Luke's informed perspective on the direction it's heading.

Get ready to dive deep into the wisdom and experiences Luke Butterworth brings to our conversation. 

Without further ado, let's welcome the extraordinarily accomplished Luke Butterworth!

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