S2 SQUASH - Key Persons
Platinum Coach and S2 Touring Professional, Jamie works extensively with our Platinum athletes in elite training as well as strength and conditioning for injury prevention. Jamie is a Philly native and in his High School career Jamie was a 3-time winner of National Championships with Episcopal Academy.
In college Jamie played #1 for Williams, was a 4-time All-NESCAC Team Selection and captained the team in his senior year. Throughout his college career, Jamie recorded wins against Yale, Dartmouth, F&M and St. Lawrence in the #1 position in the lineup. In his first year on the Professional Tour, Jamie has already established himself inside the World Top 200. Jamie will maximize his experiences on the PSA tour to assist in the continued modernization of the S2 playbook and the production of the most professional curriculum and programming in the country.
Job Titles:
- S2 's Head of Strength & Conditioning, Injury Prevention and Nutrition
Louise is a former professional player and has been ranked as high as 50th in the world. Louise represented her native country of Scotland at all junior and senior levels in World, European, and Commonwealth Championships.
A former Scottish Coach of the Year, Louise also has a Masters in Physiology, a British Amateur Weight Lifting Association Weight Lifting Qualification, and is also a Certified Nautilus Strength Trainer. Louise primarily works with our athletes off court, using her squash-specific training, background, and knowledge in strength and conditioning, injury prevention, and nutrition, to finely tune our athletes.
of S2's Gold Program, Lyall has proven himself to be one of the most popular and successful junior coaches in the United States. Lyall has coached 7 Junior National #1's since 2011, as well as US Junior National Teams. He graduated valedictorian (Sport and Exercise Science) in 2010 from Edinburgh Napier University and holds a UKCC Level 3 Certificate.
As a player, Lyall is a 6x National Champion, former Finalist in the British Inter-Collegiate Championships (losing to World Number 1 - Mohammed El Shorbagy in the final!), and has represented his native country, Scotland, in World and European Championships at junior and senior levels for over a decade. Lyall is S2's Tactical Expert, creating expert decision makers and problem solvers on court and individualizing game plans unique to players' personalities and anticipation/deception skills.
Job Titles:
- Director and Head of S2 's Platinum Program
Paul is an Australian with an extensive playing background, top level coaching qualifications from Australia, Asia, and England, a Master's degree in Psychology, and over 25 years' experience coaching elite level players. Paul has personally coached 59 National Champions in four different countries and led programs which produced two PSA World #1's.
Since establishing the program in 2011, the successes have continued, with the program emerging as clearly the winningest junior program in US Squash, with more #1's than any other program nationwide. Paul is S2's Excellence Expert, detailing personalized plans to accelerate development and create champions.
of S2's Futures Program and S2 Touring Professional, Sam began his career in his native country of Wales as a three-time junior national champion and represented the Welsh junior national team in multiple European and World Championships. He was also selected to represent the Welsh senior national team in two European Championships.
More recently, Sam graduated from Yale University with a degree in Political Science. During his time at Yale, he achieved individual accolades such as Second Team All-American, 2x All-Ivy Team, Academic All-Ivy, and was elected as team captain. In his role as captain, he led the Yale men's team to an undefeated Ivy League title and their first National Championship title since 1980. Sam is S2's Technical Expert, providing perspective and analysis on swing biomechanics and movement patterns.