Balance Points
Balance Points
Which side of your feet do you lean and what thoughts are controlling this behavior?
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Whenever I write these articles I am concerned as to whether...
The Five Wise Men of the Front Court Game: Why, When, What, How, and...
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
For reasons that are not always immediately clear, we of the Squash playing community seem to lose all sense of reason when finding ourselves with an...
Back Court Essentials: Where is the game played and where do you practice?
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Approximately 80% of our sport is played at the back of the court, behind the short line. This is where rallies are constructed, where opportunities are...
Rally Cycle
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Squash is dependent on a continuous organic cycle of behavior which I call 'The Rally Cycle'. This involves a continuous and seamless flow which passes through...
Sum of Its Parts: You don’t strike the ball in match play by ignoring...
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Languages, cultures, pursuits, attitudes, personalities—all can be reduced to their constituent parts. But once we have taken them to pieces, we need to be very careful...
Attack! How to Carry the Game to the Opponent without Self Destruction!
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
The concept of attacking is one that can easily become suffused with emotion and, if this happens, frequently becomes a road to self destruction.
The problem is...
Return of Serve: the Second best way to get an edge.
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
After the serve, the second best way to gain an edge in a rally is the return of serve.
By developing a consistent routine for your return of...
Rhythm—A Key Component of both learning and playing Squash.
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Watching elite level players play often elicits the comment that it all looks ‘so effortless.’
Indeed the graceful flow of many rallies is one of the reasons...
Movement Games and Drills to make you think ahead
By Richard Millman, Owner-The Squash Doctor Corporation
If you have a regular practice partner-or juts a regular game partner-it is easy to fall into the rut of simply playing games every week. Although this might...
Flowing while keeping it tight: Games that force you to improve your movement and...
By Richard Millman, Owner-The Squash Doctor Corporation
Practice is of course one of the keys to improvement. And what you practice will determine how much you improve.
In recent articles I have been trying to emphasize ‘Movement’...