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Range of Motion (ROM) The Freedom to Move

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Many players have come to the end of their competitive season in the US which typically begins...

Maintaining In-Season Fitness & Health

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist During the competitive season we all have the desire to produce our best squash every time we...

Getting to ONE

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist &Conditioning Specialist In this edition I wanted to share with the readers an article that was written for the Tournament...

Technique! It starts with the feet!

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist As coaches and players, when we talk about technique, it is easy to narrow our focus around the...

Technique: It starts with the feet!—Part 2

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last issue we talked about the importance of footwork and movement skills as an integral part...

Technique: It starts with the feet! Part 3

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last issue we talked about some of the common movement errors seen in both developing and...

Developing a Training Plan: What should I do?! – Step 1

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist For most junior and adult players in the United States who play tournament squash the competition season...

Developing a Training Plan: What Should I Do? – Step 2

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last issue we discussed using reflections from the season just finished, combined with detailed profiling,...

Strength Training for Juniors

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist A topic raising regular concerns and uncertainties for parents of young athletes is weight training. I am...

Strength Training and the Young Athlete—Part III

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Following on from last month’s issue let us look at a series of strength exercises that would...