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3 Top Tips for Super-Charging Your Squash-Specific Speed!

Fitness

Speed is a huge asset in squash that relies so heavily on repeated movements on court. Check out these top 3 training tips for your squash-specific speed.

Track your racket to improve your game

Equipment

Racketware allows squash players to accurately measure the motion of their racket under actual match conditions, providing accurate data about their swing

11 Points on Fitness Q&A: Tom Richards

We have a brand new edition of our popular ’11 Points on Fitness’ Q&A, this time featuring English international and world number 24, Tom Richards.

Mental freezing in squash – Overcoming the yips

Psychology

Yips is “a state of extreme nervousness that causes a golfer to miss an easy putt.” We’ll attempt to give you a coping strategy if this situation should arise in one of your next matches.

11 Points on Fitness Q&A: Richie Fallows

These Q&A articles offer a great opportunity to peek behind the scenes for a fascinating look at a top professional player’s training regime, and all the efforts they go to in their quest for sporting and athletic excellence.

11 Points on Fitness Q&A: Adrian Waller

These Q&A articles offer a great opportunity to peek behind the scenes for a fascinating look at a top professional player’s training regime, and all the efforts they go to in their quest for sporting and athletic excellence.

6 Tips on Playing against a tall player

Tactics

Playing against a tall player. How to combat your really tall opponent who has the feel of Go-Go Gadget arms and legs (80s reference there for the kids)?

Laying a Strong Foundation

Fitness

Laying a strong foundation: Optimal physical performance on court requires more than just adding in some aerobic work in an attempt to boost your stamina

Using your strings

Technique

You obviously want to hit the ball using your strings so what really does ‘using your strings’ mean?

5 top tips to help you get the most out of your squash training sessions

Performance

To help you maximise your available training time, check out our SquashSkills top 5 tips to get the most out of your training session.

How to be more effective with your finishing

Technique

If you would like to be able to finish the rallies more effectively then shining a light on your basics would be a great starting point for this

5 tips on how to play against a retriever

Tactics

We will look at some more specific and detailed tactics about what should be done to combat squash players with a retriever style.

11 Points on Fitness Q&A: Mazen Hesham

These Q&A articles offer a great opportunity to peek behind the scenes for a fascinating look at a top professional player’s training regime, and all the efforts they go to in their quest for sporting and athletic excellence.

Mindset for returning the serve

Psychology

Returning the serve – This moment, right before the ball goes into play, is a key few seconds that players need to try and be more mindful about.

Malcolm Willstrop – Accuracy

Performance

We asked Malcolm Willstrop what the single most important attribute was in order to become a successful squash player. His answer… Accuracy.

The 3 lunge exercises you need to include in your training programme!

Fitness

Alongside the standard linear lunge, what are the best exercises you can do to improve the strength and stability of your lunge?

Match preparation with Paul Coll – Pre-match routine

Performance

Your match preparation can have a huge influence on your level of performance. To find out how the game’s best athlete gets ready to play, watch this section from the brand new mini-documentary now…