Malcolm Willstrop sees benefit in a PAR 11 Move

By Malcolm Willstrop
Courtesy www.squashplayer.co.uk

Nothing has amazed me more in recent times than the reluctance of squash’s official bodies to adopt PAR to 11 scoring universally. That the last European Team Championships were played on a high tin with traditional scoring beggars belief.

The success of 11 scoring on the PSA Men’s Tour is there for all to see; equally obvious is that when men’s matches are juxtaposed with women’s matches, spectators walk away. This is not in my imagination, it is a fact. Nor is it anything to do with the quality of women’s squash. There is nothing wrong with that – the scoring system kills the game.

When the women have played 11 scoring, there has been no problem, and like the men they will quickly adopt the attacking style 11 scoring demands.

When the men took on 11 scoring, short matches were the fear, a fear that ...

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