Breathing and Relaxing During Play
By Richard Millman
Our wonderful game is filled with nuance and subtlety—enough to last a lifetime.
As you work on developing your game, especially if you are fortunate enough to have access to an expert coach,...
Mantras: The “Crown Jewels” of Self Speak
By Richard Millman
Competitive squash is a kaleidoscope of variables—technical, physical, tactical and emotional. The complexities of dealing with these areas are a challenge for all of us who profess to be avid participants in...
Survival: The Vital Principal of Squash
By Richard Millman
Recently I hosted one of my intensive training weekends at Meadow Mill Athletic Club in Baltimore.
In the course of the program, one of my students—an eminent lawyer who trains young lawyers—posed an...
Squash Players The Ultimate Goal Keepers
By Richard Millman
Our sport is a modern reflection of the very primeval attitudes and instincts that have allowed us to get this far in our history.
Our two essential survival sensory systems—namely primary focus and peripheral awareness—constantly...
Bisecting the Angles of Opportunity
By Richard Millman
When it comes to strategic positioning on the court, the key factor is to develop your confidence at the same time as keeping your guard up.
This much-misunderstood subject is very accessible once...
Movement and Shot Mechanics: Full Court Press!
By Richard Millman
Continuing with the subject of movement on court, let’s turn our attention to the “Full Court Press.” This term, often used in basketball but used in practice in many sports, refers to...
Lessoncourt: Movement and Shot Mechanics
By Richard Millman
The longer I study this game, the more I realize how subtle— and almost invisible to the eye—are the essential elements of control that are required to maximize one’s efficiency.
The difference between a player...
Controlling Your Temporal Gaze – Part II
By Richard Millman
Picking up from last month, we will now address the critical differences between future, present and past on the squash court.
First, mechanically speaking, when one moves continuously the legs are necessarily engaged and, as they...
Controlling Your Temporal Gaze
By Richard Millman
Are all of your efforts combining to keep you in the best place on the time line of the game—and of your life?
Tempus Fugit, the old Latin maxim goes (literally: Time Flies) and as...
Building Pressure – Or the Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
By Richard Millman
Camels are strong animals. Over eons they have evolved into beasts of burden with amazing endurance.
But even camels have a breaking point.
Now imagine an improbable competition between a couple of camel merchants who decided to test...