CELEBRATING OUR nineteenth YEAR, the Talbott Squash Academy, an Official National Training Center of the US Squash, continues offering juniors across the country the opportunity to train in a nurturing environment with the finest assemblage of coaches in the world. Founded in 1991 by squash legend, Mark Talbott, the TSA began with just 16 top ranked junior men and women training for two weeks at the Newport Squash Club. Over the years, TSA has trained over 2000 juniors. Our international team of coaches covers all aspects of the game including physical and mental training and nutrition.

Founder and Director, Mark Talbott, is truly “shaping the future of squash”. His move to the west coast as Director of Squash at Stanford has significantly impacted the national development of squash on every level. Three years ago, Stanford announced that they were elevating the women's club squash program to varsity status for the 2006-07 season. This is the first women's or men's varsity squash program on the west coast. He is Head Coach of both the Men’s and Women’s programs at Stanford. Mark came to Stanford after his 2003-2004 undefeated season as coach of the Yale Women’s squash team.

2000 Squash Hall of Fame Inductee Talbott is recognized for his unmatched tournament record during his twelve year reign as the #1 ranked squash professional in North America. Talbott, who won 70 percent of the tournaments he entered as the World Hardball Champion and American Softball Champion, was the World Professional Squash Association Player of the Year (1983, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92) eight times and an Olympic Athlete of the Year (1991, '92, '95) on three occasions. In addition, he captained the first USA Team to compete in the Pan Am Games (1995), earned the Sharif Khan Award for Sportsmanship (1991) and won the USSRA President's Cup (1989). He was featured in numerous magazines during his illustrious playing career, among them Gentlemen’s Quarterly, New Yorker, Esquire and twice in Sports Illustrated. His major titles among more than 250 career tournament victories include five North American Opens, six World Professional Championships, three Canadian Opens, two U.S. Opens, three Boston Opens, three S.L. Green Softball Nationals and a pair of North American Open Doubles titles.