Jamaica Squash took the sport to the children in its quest to grow it and develop new recruits. Several persons including coaches from Jamaica Squash visited St Andrew Prep School recently where they introduced squash to the girls during their Girls’ Day activity. Squash was one of several sports that were available for the girls to try out during the day. Basketball and go-kart racing were also available for the girls to partake in and learn as well as netball, which is already played at the school.

The response from the children during the day was very encouraging as some of them watched videos of previous squash games, listened to the coaches as they were instructed on different aspects of the sport such as the proper way to hold the racket, hit the ball, serve, as well as other things like how to properly hydrate during games. That point proved important to the girls as the day was very hot.

Karen Anderson, president of Jamaica Squash, endorsed the visit to the school, saying that having the sport in schools was very important.