Negative visualisation

Negative Visualisation

Negative visualisation is a tool to use in order to help you perform consistently time and again during challenging situations. You want to be prepared.

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owen

If I Were A Betting Man – A Documentary About Rob Owen

The documentary sheds light on Rob Owen’s colorful past and offers an intriguing insight into an analytical mind that has found success in various fields.

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training

5 Top Tips To Help Optimise Your Physical Training Time

With a bit of foresight and organisation, you can optimise the time that you do have available to really maximise your on-court training.

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feedback

Using Feedback to Focus your Fitness Training

So what’s the best route to establishing where physical training time should primarily be aimed? There are 3 main sources we can use to identify areas of weakness, those being ‘Self-Reflection’, ‘Coach Feedback’, and ‘Fitness Testing’.

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journaling

Why journaling?

Journaling will not only begin to help you get better on the court but will also help your life in all you do and encounter day to day.

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13 Reasons Why SquashLevels Is A Game-Changer

Check out the blog and find out the 10 reasons why SquashLevels is a game-changer! From ratings to squash communities, it’s all there!

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nerves

Nerves And Anxiety In Squash – Part 2 of 2

In part 2 of looking at nerves and anxiety, you will get a practical toolkit to help in addressing this debilitating state before and during matches.

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injuries

How To POLICE Your Injuries!

Soft tissue injuries are relatively common. In this article, we’ll take a look at how best you can treat these typical kinds of sprains and strains.

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anxiety

Nerves And Anxiety In Squash – Part 1

This blog will attempt to look closer at why and how nervousness and anxiety appears before matches and to also put in place some tools

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training

What the Science Says – Measuring the Physical Demands of Popular Squash Training Sessions

We’re looking at a study published earlier this year in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance titled ‘Quantifying Training Demands of a 2-Week In-Season Squash Microcycle’

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habits

Habits And Their Effectiveness

Changing your life is not about making big breakthroughs or revolutionising your entire life. Rather, it’s about building a positive system of habits that, when combined, deliver remarkable results.

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track

Top 3 Track Workouts for the Squash Player

One of the tried and trusted methods of summer training for squash players has long been track work. Check out our SquashSkills top 3 track workouts!

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opponent

How to not drop your level to a lesser opponent

It is a very common trait and behavior to drop your level to a lesser opponent. I get asked this question a lot and do a lot of work with players around it

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squashskills

SquashSkills Is 9 Years Old!

Friday 2nd July 2021 marked a milestone for SquashSkills as we officially entered our 10th year. We’ve very thankful to everyone who has been a part of it

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watch

Elite Examples: Watch and Learn!

Watching more top-level squash and/or encouraging your pupils to do the same, can be a great aid to furthering knowledge and understanding.

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physical

5 Tips On Playing An Overly Physical Player

It can be one of the most frustrating things to play against a player who is overly physical on the court. Check out these ideas and tactics!

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leg

Top 5 Leg Strength Exercises for Squash!

Some of the very best strength exercises for all athletes are traditional movements such as squats, deadlifts, and leg presses.

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analysis

Coaches Corner Data-Driven Game Analysis: Hudson vs Harris

SquashSkills has teamed up with stats company Cross Court Analytics to provide a data-driven analysis to the Coaches Corner game reviews.

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