Technique! It starts with the feet!
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
As coaches and players, when we talk about technique, it is easy to narrow our focus around the swing, and analysis of the swing can too often become detached...
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...
Technique: It starts with the feet!—Part 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last issue we talked about the importance of footwork and movement skills as an integral part of a player’s technical ability on the squash court.
A player...
Technique: It starts with the feet! Part 3
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last issue we talked about some of the common movement errors seen in both developing and relatively high level players. In doing so, hopefully you have...
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’...
Developing a Training Plan: What should I do?! – Step 1
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
For most junior and adult players in the United States who play tournament squash the competition season has finished or is close to ending. If you review...
Developing a Training Plan: What Should I Do? – Step 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last issue we discussed using reflections from the season just finished, combined with detailed profiling, to help establish a series of well thought through training...
Protein and Energy Bars
By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition
The original energy bar was created for astronauts in the 1960s. Eating in space at zero gravity pro- vided a challenge to the early space program....
Strength Training for Juniors
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
A topic raising regular concerns and uncertainties for parents of young athletes is weight training. I am often approached by parents with questions or statements along the...
Strength Training and the Young Athlete—Part III
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month’s issue let us look at a series of strength exercises that would provide a good starting point for any young squash player’s...