Peaking for Matches
By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1
So you've done the hard work, you're physically fit and technically better than ever but you just cannot convert these qualities into your match play. This has got...
Final Training Push During the Season
By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1
Although I'd always recommend staying in good physical shape, due to different circumstances, we all tend to lose some fitness during the course of the season. Sometimes matches...
Mental Focus Over Holidays and Into January
By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1
As a professional player I worked hard on the mental aspect of my game. This does not mean I didn't have issues throughout my career with focus, confidence...
U.S. Squash Partners with Squashskills
U.S. SQUASH has announced a new partnership with the online coaching site Squashskills, which will provide reduced price subscriptions to U.S. SQUASH members, allowing them to benefit from a range of interactive coaching and...
Shorten Your Swing
By Peter Nicol
When coaching, I tend to spend a lot of time on shortening the swings of players I’m working with. The reason for concentrating on a shorter, tighter swing is to help the...
Making Improvements—It’s a Process
By Peter Nicol
One of the hardest aspects of trying to improve is the time it can take to make the slightest change and have that be implemented into your game. A change in technique...
Peaking for Major Events
By Peter Nicol
I found out the hard way how difficult it is to play and be successful in major events. As a young professional, there were really only two recognized major events—the British and...
Attacking the Back Court
By Peter Nicol
I was always classed as a defensive, counter-attacking player. However, this was not how I saw myself at all—well not exactly. I understood that my best way of competing and beating other...
Different Strokes For Different Folks!
By Peter Nicol
Having just played in two Legends of Squash events with the best players of a generation, I was struck by how different each player was. Their personalities were so varied and, therefore, the way they played...
Fundamentals Are Critical
By Peter Nicol
As I now coach year-round, I recognized the importance of taking players I work with to this year’s Tournament of Champions at Grand Central to watch and learn from the best players in the world....