Yoga & Squash
By Peter Nicol
I tend to have a short attention span when it comes to my physical conditioning—focusing day-to-day and/or week-by-week with my preparation and recovery. I was not always this way; when I was a professional my...
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....
A Few Things I’ve Learned in 2013
By Peter Nicol
As a player I prided myself on trying to learn from every possible avenue—from the best coach in the world, my opponents, and to a club player who observed a specific weakness in my game....
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...
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...
Assessing Your Season and Planning to Improve
By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1
So the traditional season is over and now is the time to assess how you performed. Ideally, you should be hyper-critical of your game initially to really identify the...
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...
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...