Slingshot Mechanics: Movement seamlessly powers shot production
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
The way that Squash is frequently learned is to first strike the ball. Unfortunately this tends to lead to a mechanically inefficient method of power transfer that, for some players, results...
Summon Your Angel to Stifle Your Devil
By Richard Millman, Owner- The Squash Doctor Corporation
You need a positive Mantra from your personal Angel. Something simple and non critical. Something that helps you to get your maximum edge. For me it’s one...
Angels and Demons
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
Which of these two are whispering in your ear when you are under pressure?
Before you ever step on to the competitive Squash court, a competition has...
Movement technique— Forget that old banana!
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
This month I am going to talk about movement training. Some traditional methods of training Squash players to move on the court have included the use of...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
Serves—Standard and Variation: What are your Options?
By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation
As we have often heard, the serve is the one time in a game when we have absolute control over how and when to hit the ball....
Turning the game upside-down and back to-front: a new look at priorities in the...
By Richard Millman, Owner- The Squash Doctor Corporation
Over the past few years that I have been writing this column I have had the honor and privilege of meeting many of you who read it and...