SquashSkills Blog: Squash Coaching, Tips And Training

The Squash Grip: How To Hold A Squash Racket

Technique

The squash grip is an essential component of every player’s technique, and it should be worked on from the very first moment a player picks up a racket.

Decision making in squash

Elite performers in sports such as squash are often lauded for their ability to play the right shot at the right time.

How mental fatigue can affect your squash performance

A hard day at work, social stresses, or any other period of demanding cognitive activity without adequate rest, can result in mental fatigue.

Circuit training for squash

A great way to organise your physical workouts to optimise this effectiveness and efficiency, is through the use of circuit training.

Squash Tactics: Learn How To Read The Game

How do top players walk onto balls the rest of us scramble for? Coach Jesse Engelbrecht on reading the game: what to watch, and the clues that give shots away.

Flexibility For Squash: Part 1

Should you stretch before you play squash? Gary Nisbet on what the evidence says about static stretching, dynamic flexibility and your warm-up.

My SquashSkills experience – David Taylor

The nuances to proper stroke, court positioning and other technique as well as game play tactics that come from the content SquashSkills provides is invaluable

My SquashSkills experience – Garry Irwin

Performance

I’m having the most successful Pennant season in a long while and have also been very successful in the past two Australian Championships at my level

Interview – Alison Waters

Injuries & rehab

Alison Waters spoke to us about her injury, and some of the trials and tribulations of her rehab.

My SquashSkills experience – Manuel Martin

My 8-year-old son is a beginner that loves squash. We use SquashSkills to learn and prepare. SquashSkills helps us use of our local pro’s time very efficiently. By being more efficient we save time and money. SquashSkills more than pays for itself.

Working with junior athletes – Managing expectations

Early-stage competition experience have been shown to have a huge effect upon junior athlete’s growth within their sport, and can really shape attitudes

Limited space training for squash players

Sessions working on the major physical elements such as power, endurance, and stability can all still be carried out when space and equipment is confined.

Your 5-point squash pre-season checklist!

With Autumn creeping in and club box competitions and county league team squash kicking back into gear, check out our 5 Point Pre-Season Checklist!

Technical vs Outcome driven sessions

As a player, I was driven about the outcome of a shot and the rally. As a coach, I have to stop myself getting too caught up in the technical aspects

Danny Massaro – An interview with David Pearson – Part 3

Third instalment of an interview – Danny Massaro’s bestselling book “The Winning Parent” with squash coach to Nick Matthew and Laura Massaro – David Pearson

A Squash Player’s Guide To Tennis Elbow

Injuries & rehab

A sore or painful elbow after squash could be tennis elbow, a common racket sports injury. Gary Nisbet on the symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention.

What the science says: Effects of carb ingestion on skill maintenance in squash players

Effects of carbs – does drinking a carbohydrate-based drink during your games have a beneficial effect on your performance?

Is caffeine an effective performance enhancer for the squash player?

Whilst caffeine is known primarily as a stimulant drug, it also has a number of other potential actions within the body.

How you can get the best out of your team

There is a certain level of complexity involved with team dynamics in squash as there are many factors amongst the set of players.

Are ankle weights beneficial for the squash player?

The generally considered theory behind utilising ankle weights is that wearing them while ghosting and performing other movement drills on court will make them more challenging, which will then translate into faster, stronger movement when the player removes the weights.

At Last…Squash Is Officially An Olympic Sport!