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 of play that matches on the Pro Tour can often...
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 is based around proficient athletic and movement skills. The ability...
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 the past season’s training and competition; profiling and goal setting;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“Iron”man (or “Iron”woman)
By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition
Human strength has long been associated with iron. Think Ironman, the super hero, or grueling Ironman triathlons. Is this reputation based on facts? Could iron help...
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...