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...

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...

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...

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...

Training for Squash: An Overview (Part 3) Physical Testing

By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist In last month's article (Part 2), we discussed the use of 'performance profiling' as a simple technique...

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...

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...

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...