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Benefits of PSRA
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Please
note the new procedure for applying for PSRA membership:
All new and renewal applications for PSRA and USSRA membership should be done online at the
USSRA website. Additionally, lifetime PSRA and USSRA members should update their information there.
Please contact PSRA Treasurer Bill Strong
(610-964-1546) if you have questions.
“… in a match, it is when the goal is in
sight that heart, nerves, muscles, and
courage are strained almost to the
breaking point. Yes, the goal is in sight.
All that is needed is the final effort.
Alas, the saddest
records are made by those of us who played well,
with brave and stout hearts,
until we were in sight of the goal.
And then some weakness or self-indulgence
held us back.
We never knew how near the goal we were
or how near we were to victory.”
(1)
- Entree to ALL Inter-Club Play: A,B,C,D - Men's,
Women's, Mixed, Singles, Doubles.
- Entree to Association Tournaments.
- Opportunity to be Ranked and Rated.
- USSRA Membership =
- Free Subscription to "Squash Magazine" ($50 Value)
- Right to play in USSRA tournaments without paying the $7 non-member fee
- USSRA Yearbook
- Access to coaching and refereeing, certification, programs and clinics
- Use of USSRA video library
- Updates on web site www.us-squash.org
And much more ...
PSRA PROVIDES EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR REACHING OUR GOALS
Joining the PSRA enhances the chances that regular matches will be
scheduled
in our busy appointment books and time REGULARLY set aside for exercise.
EXERCISE PROVIDES A MULTITUDE OF BENEFITS (2)
- Regular exercise -- especially aerobic like squash -- significantly reduces
anxiety, anger, and depression while increasing our sense of well-being. Let the endorphins
flow!
- Depression, incidentally, is the 2nd leading
cause of disability in America. Currently only 1 in 5 adults are
ever correctly diagnosed and treated – and only 1 in 100 children!
- Exercise also significantly reduces risks for cancer,
heart, stroke and other vascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes,
immune dysfunctions, and a multitude of other illnesses.
- Exercise promotes relaxation and improves sleep.
- Regular exercise is also the excellent antidote for
very significant reasons for premature aging -- loss of cardiovascular
fitness, cell fluid, muscle strength, flexibility, and balance.
- Exercise helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints - weight-bearing exercise (a racquet) helps prevent
osteoporosis!
93 sports were assessed for their value in these critical measurements
of health and vitality. Squash was in the top ten
percentile! Only one regular sport finished ahead of # 7 ranked
squash – # 6 soccer (The Tour de France was #1).
- Exercise helps control weight!
- Regular exercise improves sexual vitality!
STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
REVEAL EVEN MORE STARTLING INFORMATION!
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93% feel unfulfilled when they reach their goals –as if a lifetime of effort
has been wasted.
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What happened? Health and relationships were unfortunately and unnecessarily
sacrificed for success.
- HOWEVER:
7% reached their goals -- with their health and relationships intact!
- 14 characteristics separated these successes from the unfulfilled.
KEY FOR US!
Regular Commitment
to SQUASH play fulfills at least
12
of the 14 Characteristics of Fulfilled, Healthy,
and
Relationship-Happy Successful People!
- Regular exercise programs that kept them fit and alert.
- Ability to recognize signs of stress and take the action steps to prevent it.
- Willingness to take risks and try what is new -- for the possibility of greater growth and achievement (competition
against new opponents!).
- Commitment to regular vacation time and daily
rest and relaxation.
- Commitment to being creative, imaginative,
and innovative.
- Willingness to play with many options to arrive at
the best solutions. (A great definition of
squash!)
Your writer has found all 12 of
these characteristics demonstrated dramatically in the people I have met
over the past forty years in:
- Medicine.
- Psychiatry, mental health, and optimal well-being.
- Coaching amateur and professional players of all ages -- mental, physical, and emotional fitness.
- Stress management, peak performance and creativity.
- Public health and preventive medicine.
- Business and entrepreneurship.
- AND SQUASH!
PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE COURTS
Of the Tri-state PSRA
Nationally for the USSRA
Conversationally with top collegiate players, pros, amateurs,
juniors, and players of every level:
Beginner, D, C, B, A – 2.5 to 6.0
A COMMON VOICE REVERBERATES!
“Without my regular league play,
I’d really need a shrink to keep my head
on straight.”
In my own life, I take the results of Dr. Pelletier’s studies to heart,
mind, body, and spirit. Membership in the PSRA and USSRA not only enriches
my life on a daily basis -- it provides key critical components for health,
happiness, and optimal well-being! --Bob Partridge
1 Partridge,
R. (1991, 1999). Peak Performance Squash, Drexel Hill, PA:
Health Press.
2 Partridge,
R. (1993, 1999). Creating Your Health: For Yourself and
Your Family.
Drexel Hill, PA: Health Press.
3 Pelletier,
K. “The Neuropsycology of Executive Health.” The Sybervision
Informational
Catalogue. Professor of internal medicine, University
of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine.
For more information call, write or E-mail
Bob Partridge.
docbob@icdc.com
1017 Foss Avenue Drexel Hill, PA 19026
Tel/Fax 610-446-4853
Bob Partridge, M.D. is an internationally recognized pioneer in the fields of
mental training, peak performance, wellness, creativity, and optimum well-being.
He has worked with thousands of players of all levels as Director, Sports Psychiatry
& Health, World Professional Squash Association: Team Physician, University of
Pennsylvania; Consultant Presenter, Elite Junior Training Camp, USSRA National
Training Center; Board of Directors and Executive Committee, PSRA; Medical Committee,
Tournament Director, USSRA. Life Member, USSRA and PSRA. Board Certified, Psychiatry
and Neurology. Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, Epidemic Intelligence Service,
Reserve.
