Strength Training and the Young Athlete – Part II
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Continuing on from last issue’s theme of strength training and the young athlete, let’s consider common questions...
Gluten-Free: Diet or Fad?
By Candace Chemtob
With “A-list” movie stars, and nearly one third of Americans decreasing or completely eliminating gluten (Huffington press, 2013), why is “everyone” on...
Training for Squash: An Overview (Part 3) Physical Testing
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In last month's article (Part 2), we discussed the use of 'performance profiling' as a simple technique...
Deceleration – The Art of Slowing Down, Part 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month, let’s consider some training concepts designed to help improve a player’s ability...
Deceleration—The Art of Slowing Down, Part 3
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In this final article on deceleration we will look at a series of exercises that can be...
The Mind Game — Self-Belief
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist and Conditioning Specialist
In a diversion from the usual context of my articles around physical training, I wanted to venture into...
Endurance Training For Squash? Interval Time
By Damon-Leedale Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Squash could easily be classed as an endurance sport, especially when you consider at the higher levels...
Endurance Training For Squash – Intervals, Part 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the follow up to our first article on Interval Training let’s consider some of the typical...
Developing Movement Proficiency in Young Athletes
By Damon-Leedale Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Squash is a movement-based sport and a major part of success especially at higher levels of play...
Developing a Training Plan – Step 3
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
If you have followed the steps outlined in the last two issues (which included a review of...