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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...