Strength Training for Squash—Part V: Lunging

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month we focused on single leg strength with two exercises that, if performed consistently as part of a structured strength program, can be effective in improving...

Strength Training for Squash—Part IV Single Leg Strength Variations

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month we took a detailed look at the squat and lunge exercises which provide an excellent introduction to the development of functional lower body strength for...

Strength Training for Squash Part III —Squats & Lunges

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month we discussed philosophies of effective strength training techniques for squash, and highlighted the benefits of exercises performed in standing positions (i.e., body-weight squat and lunge)...

Strength Training for Squash —Part II

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Following on from last month when we discussed the importance of strength and mobility for squash, we will now begin to look at effective techniques for improving...

Strength Training for Squash —An Introduction

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In the last issue we discussed ideas for a balanced summer training program, with one of the key areas being functional strength and mobility training for squash. Squash imposes...

Summer Training…A High Altitude Experience

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Having just returned from a fantastic three weeks of training in Colorado with a group of squash players including professionals James Willstrop, Vanessa Atkinson and Julian Illingworth,...

Training for Squash – An Overview (Part 2) – Profiling

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Last month in Part 1 of this article we outlined the physical demands of squash and included examples of statistics from elite level play. In this month’s...

Early Specialization in Sports: Risk or Reward?

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Whether a parent of a budding young athlete or a coach to a player you believe has the promise to be the next young squash star, it...

Training for Squash—An Overview (Part 1)

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In order to plan effective physical training programs for any sport there are two important initial steps. Firstly we need to understand the physical demands of the sport...

Everything’s Changing A forty-something goes to a movement squash camp for teens and finds...

By Will Carlin Photographs by Damon Leedale-Brown In my June column, I mentioned that I was an idiot. The ostensible reason for my claim was that I had signed up to go to a speed, movement, and...