Rich King Coaching

Last week I managed to align coaching through the Optasia championships in London, a good moment for our development as a team and a highly valuable experience as a coach to there and live through the motions with Juan and experience first hand his responses under pressure and of course help add a more relaxed atmosphere to something that for players can be very much a solo thing when touring. The team is a few people so we all contribute but as your coach it’s great to see the developments that are happening so keep it up Juan! We take the positives and be honest about the lessons and change needed to continue growing. It was for sure an insightful week! Let’s keep growing together and good luck at El Gouna 💪🏼

And so we have it the Amsterdam PSA Challenger 2026 champions have been decided!! 👏

The whole week we saw some fantastic squash on display in Amsterdam in both our men and women’s events with the finals being concluded on Saturday afternoon to a packed crowd 😎

Huge congratulations to all players that took part and especially our champions and runners up

PSA 3k - Men
🏆 Rowan Damming 🇳🇱
🥈 Amir Khaled - Jousselin 🇫🇷

PSA 9k - Women
🏆 Lauren Baltayan 🇫🇷
🥈 Nour Khafagy 🇪🇬

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Great first day of matches at the Amsterdam challenger!

Tomorrow we bring in the top 8seeds in round 2 🔥

Round 2 session | 10-14:00
1/4 finals | 17-21:00
All viewing free so come and support 🙌

Best of luck to all the players involved!

Stunning lineup in the women’s Amsterdam Challenger next week - here’s the top 8seeds! 🔥

Things kick off from Wednesday 28th 💪🏼

Here’s the mens top 8 seeds 🤩

Next week between the 28th -31st January the Amsterdam Challenger 2026 will take place at Frans Otten stadion, Amsterdam

With an Incredible schedule full of high quality matches and top Squash talent we can’t wait for things to get started!

Viewing for matches is free and keep your eyes on our socials to see the session times to see the action live at Frans otten Stadion!

Best of luck guys 💪🏼

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Last weekend brought the end to another incredible journey through the intensity of junior competition as myself and team coached many great kids through the open 2025.

There were many great performances, new partnerships created and lots of returning faces who trust in our philosophy. However one family and our journey together will last in my memory for a lifetime!

At the end of June, Juan and Maria joined us in Amsterdam with their smiley, keen and talented son Esteban. From their arrival their warmth and openness for the journey ahead together felt special!

From our first training and preparation camps together myself and Esteban started building our relationship and maximizing what can be gained in a 3week period together with an outcome that exceeded our expectations 😎

Esteban not only performed fantastically in both the Dutch junior open and the European open but became boys under 13 champion in both!!! 🏆🏆 the last event he came back from 0-2 against a fantastic challenger in Mauricio Trisano to take the match 3-2, a true testament to his character and a test of his family’s nerves! 😅😂

During the match nerves were limited to keep calm and clarity so that focus and presence could exist and give the best chance for the great outcome which became a reality - Double champion! 👏

It’s important to explain this journey was about growth and development and maximizing that. I was an English coach with a Spanish speaking student who spoke some English …better than my Spanish I would like to add!

This was more than just Squash but a focus on personal development and the bigger picture of life and helping shape Esteban for the future.

Now I cannot take full credit for Estebans results as he came as a player with qualities already. A credit to his team back home for their hard work and his loving family who invest into him daily. It was a big investment to come from Colombia to Europe for this special trip!

It was such a beautiful journey as a coach that was built on trust and on this occasion gave the rewards 😊 This won’t be the last challenge for Team Rich and Esteban but for now well done Esteban enjoy it 🙌

Wow what a week! I feel so blessed to have gone through 3days of preparation camps with an amazing group of kids from all across the globe. It was incredible to see so many internationals mixing with our local Dutch players. The incredible mix of cultures and styles lead to so much fun and learning 🤓 What was most impressive was the mindset of the group and how they all seem to align. Focused on learning and growing and getting ready for the open! They did an incredible job, well done 👏 Without our incredible coaching team and center it wouldn’t be possible so big thanks to Omar Meguid . Now time to reflect and go again at the European Junior open this weekend 💪🏼

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The guy did it!!! 🏆 After all the hard work , the highs and the lows, the continued determination to learn and be better you have finally achieved something you truly deserve Robert! An international Gold event title 🤩 Super proud coach and I’m super happy for you ‘Bobby’ what an accomplishment to be able to call yourself the Boys under 19 German Junior open champion 💪🏼 Well done 👏 Let’s make this a step to even bigger and better things but for now enjoy the feeling and I’ll see you back on the court soon!