The Benefits of ‘Passive’ Warm-Ups for Squash Players

• Fitness

This blog delves into the benefits of passive warm-up protocols for squash players, shedding light on how they can optimise performance and help prevent injuries.

Vital Vitamin Requirements for the Squash Player (Part 2)

• Nutrition

There are 3 vitamins that athletes and very active exercisers are frequently found to be deficient in – they are: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, and the B Vitamin Complex.

Vital Vitamin Requirements for the Squash Player (Part 1)

• Nutrition

There is a wide range of vitamins that the body needs to be able to function optimally. This 2-part article takes a look at some of those that should be regarded as the most crucial, and discusses how best to fulfil those needs.

Training Slower to Move Faster

• Technique

‘Training slower to move faster” on the surface sounds perverse, and somewhat of an oxymoron. This article discusses the importance of slowing down your training to develop better speed and efficiency in your movement patterns.

Unleashing the Champion Mindset: 3 Winning Strategies for Success

• Psychology

In this blog, Jesse explores three main things that champions do to win more often and how you can change your thinking to reach success!

Breathing During Play And Competition

• Performance

Coach Jesse Engelbrecht on breathing during play: why he favours nose and diaphragm breathing, and how to use sigh breathing between rallies.

The Myth of the ‘Slow Starter’

• Performance
• Psychology

It’s an oft-heard lament of players, that they’re a ‘slow starter’ and are never able to get going right off the bat in their matches. There’s no real physiological reason why slow starting should be a thing however, if a proper pre-match routine is constructed and adhered to.

What Is My Game?

• Psychology

My hope would be by the end of this blog to arm you with tools about how to discover your game of squash and to thoroughly enjoy the process of this exploration.

The Awesome Power Of Dopamine – To Improve Motivation, Hard Work, Discipline, And Consistency

• Psychology

How dopamine really works, why it drops below baseline after a big win, and how to use it to build motivation, hard work, discipline and consistency.

Benefits Of Bike Sprints

• Fitness

Bike sprints give squash players high-intensity training without the pounding on the joints. Why they work, and the 30/15 session to start with.

Netherlands To Host 2024 WSF World Masters

• News

Netherlands has been confirmed as the hosts for the 2024 WSF World Masters Squash Championships, with the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam hosting all of the action between August 17-24.

Mastering Consistency During Competition

• Psychology

SkiErg, VersaClimber And Assault Bike: 3 Alternative Gym Machines For Squash

• Fitness

Gary Nisbet on three gym machines squash players overlook: the SkiErg, VersaClimber and Assault Bike, with a sample squash workout for each one.

3 Tips to Boost Your On-Court Power & Acceleration

• Fitness

The ability to move powerfully around the court and accelerate rapidly onto the ball is a key prerequisite to being able to play at a high level, yet is an element that is often neglected or trained inadequately.

Your Future Self – How To Be Confident And Clear-Minded

• Psychology

In this article, I am going to help you reframe parts of your belief system and to try and get you behaving and making choices today NOT based on your past self, but rather, your future confident ROCK STAR self!

Trying vs Effort – The Key To Unlocking Your Full Potential

• Psychology
• Performance

It may not seem much, but there is a vast difference between trying and effort. My hope by end of the blog would be for you to understand the difference between the two words, and ultimately become aware if you are merely trying, or, putting in full effort. And when understood, using this as the key to unlocking your full potential.

Balancing The Body

• Fitness

By being deliberate in your training with balancing out both sides of your body, you’ll be helping yourself not just from a performance standpoint, but also from an injury prevention one.

SquashSkills Launches Game-changing New Digital Platform

• News

The waiting is over, we’re delighted to announce that we have launched our new platform, alongside our Coaching and Training apps, plus a new look for the SquashSkills brand.

Common Amateur Fault: Playing Without Variation

• Tactics

Playing without variation is a very common amateur fault. This can be especially true when players have found the joy and thrill of hitting the ball hard.

Breathing for Sports Performance

• Performance

Breathing is like any technique, your grip, swing and footwork, if you have bad technique, it hinders you and works against you, if you have good technique, it helps and works for you to improve and grow.