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...
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...
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...
Head Turn Progressions
By Richard Millman
There is a story—how much of it is true I am not sure—that when Nick Matthew achieved the laudable ranking of 100 in the world, he had occasion to video his backhand...
Deceleration—The Art of Slowing Down
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Take time to watch the top players in the world in action and observe how well they are able to control speed and movement onto the ball...
Racquet Preparation: What is it really all about?
By Richard Millman, Owner - Westchester Squash
We’ve all been subjected to it. The oft repeated phrase ‘Racquet up!’
But what is the real purpose of preparing the racquet and when should it be done?
Let me...
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...
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...