KASEY Brown spent 12 years travelling the world playing on the women's squash tour.
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Now 29, Brown has lived in New York for the past six years. But the Taree-born Brown knows that now is the time to give it away.
She's retired from the tour and will take up a coaching position at the Tonic Squash and Gym Facility at Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Here she'll be working with her long-term coach Rod Martin. At this stage her role will be to promote squash in the area as well as coach.
"We're hoping to get more people on the court and enjoying squash,'' she said.
However, if any of Australia's top players also want to work with them, the offer's there.
Brown's last tournament was the US Open where she bowed out in the early rounds. At her peak Brown was rated four in the world although she gradually slipped out of the top 10. However, when she retired she was still Australia's No 1 ranked player.
"I have no regrets about my career,'' she said from her new base.
"I've enjoyed it all.''
Brown's won an Australian championship and two Commonwealth Games gold medals. She was also a finalist in the US Open in 2011. She's competed at two Commonwealth Games at Delhi in 2010 and this year in Glasgow.
"Playing at the Commonwealth Games is something that I'll never forget,'' she said.
"It was a fantastic experience.''
However, she added that the highlight of her 12 years on tour was the people she has met along the way.
"That's been the best part,'' she said.
Regrets? Not even a few.
"Like I said, I have no regrets about my career.''
Brown said playing on until 2018 and possibly gaining selection for another Commonwealth Games, this time on the Gold Coast was never an option she considered.
"I knew it was the right time to retire,'' she said.
Brown said she is leaving the game when it is in good health, with some great young players coming through the ranks.
She's currently the president of the women's world tour but will relinquish this role at the next annual meeting.
"We're currently negotiating to merge the men's and women's tours,'' she explained.
"That would be great for the game. But even if it doesn't happen I'll be standing down at the annual meeting because the president has to be a current player.''
Brown quickly names the incomparable Nicole David from Malaysia as the best player she's encountered.
"Nicole's been the dominant player for the past seven or eight years and she's also a fantastic ambassador for our sport,'' she said.
Brown only beat David once - on the way to making the US Open final in 2011. This was the year Brown believes she played her best squash.
While it was always her intention to return to Australia Brown admits she didn't think it would happen this quickly. She said there were a few things on offer in the States she was considering post squash when the coaching opportunity came up.
Brown agrees it'll take a bit of adjusting from life in New York to living in the Mornington Peninsula.
"But it's good to be closer to my family,'' she added.
"With the different time zones it was often hard to keep in contact. It's great that now I can ring them at anytime. I joined the tour straight out of school and that meant a lot of travelling.
"Now it's time to come home.''