fitness

Considerations For Improving Your Squash-Specific Fitness

The first thing to keep in mind is that there is a lot more to ‘fitness’ than just being able to keep plodding away for the course of a game

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flow

Accessing A Flow State

This blog will look to give you an understanding of flow as well as the practical tools to use to get into your flow channel for best results.

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endurance

6 of the Best: Endurance Training

Not sure where to start your endurance training? Check out our SquashSkills ‘6 of the Best’ endurance workouts, crucial for a squash player

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fail

Deliberate Practice – Why You Should Lean Into Reach and Fail

What I would like to propose and get you to try and think about is that real growth and deeper learning happen in what is called the reach and fail state.

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gratitude

What Good is Gratitude?

The concept of gratitude has been talked about and studied for some time now and the benefits that come with practising gratitude are undeniable.

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Match or Event Preparation

Check out some valuable tools and ideas for the mind and how to have the best mental preparation you can have for the match day.

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deception

Fundamentals Of Deception

Deception is a very fun, and highly effective, part of the game of squash. This blog will look at some of the fundamentals of deception.

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squashskills

SquashSkills To Celebrate 10th Birthday With A New Website, Apps, And Re-Brand

SquashSkills, the world’s leading provider of online squash coaching is preparing to unveil a new website, dedicated mobile apps, as well as a fresh look and feel for the brand.

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SquashLevels Officially Launched In Australia

The world’s most advanced squash rating system, SquashLevels, has teamed up with Squash Australia (SQA) to bring the national squash-playing community together.

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injured

5 Tips On Playing Someone Who Is Injured (The Wounded Buffalo)

An injured player is an uncontrollable factor. You need to try and block out this external distraction and continue to play your game.

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injured

Shifting The Injured Athlete’s Mindset

The theme of this article is about understanding and acceptance of injury as an inherent part of the whole process of playing sport

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balance

Finding Balance Between Flow And Aggression In Matches

You need to find the balance between flow and being agressive and avoid being too far at one side of the continuum or the other.

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goal

Goal Setting – Redefined

Often goal setting is done with the right intentions and passions at the start but rarely is it ever really and truly followed through with.

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slump

Dealing with a Slump in your Squash

For most players, their squash is an activity they partake in and enjoy as a break away from the stresses and strains of everyday life. What happens though when you hit a bit of a slump and your motivation wanes?

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garbage

Garbage In, Garbage Out

In computer science, Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO) is the concept that flawed, or nonsense (garbage) input produces nonsense output.

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acceptance

Amor Fati – Acceptance

Amor Fati is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one’s life as good or at the very least necessary.

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swimming

Can Swimming Help Boost Your Squash?

Check out our 3 great swim workouts you can try, tailored to match the demands of the game of squash!

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let

Playing Someone Who Fishes, Also Known As A ‘Let Hunter’

You will encounter and come across some players whose main goal is to try and eke out every small window of opportunity to win. Check out some tools to try and help you deal with the fisher and let hunter. 

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christmas

3 Top Tips for Christmas Training!

With the Christmas period fast approaching, it’s easy for squash to get lost in the shuffle at this time of year. To avoid that happening, check out our top 3 SquashSkills Christmas training tips!

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australia

SquashLevels and Squash Australia announce landmark initiative

SquashLevels has teamed up with Squash Australia to launch an exciting new partnership that aims to bring the squash-playing community together.

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