Core Training & Back Health for Squash—Part VI
By Damon Leedle-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Over the series of five articles on Core Training & Back Health we have progressed from exercises to...
Core Training & Back Health for Squash – Part V
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last article we looked at variations of two classic exercises—the push-up and the pull-up—as effective...
Core Training & Back Health for Squash – Part IV
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last article we discussed Level 2 of our Core Training progression and looked at a series...
The Mind Game—Fear of Failure: Playing to Win or Not to Lose?
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Sport provides a great environment in which we can learn about taking risks, losing with good sportsmanship,...
Core Training & Back Health for Squash—Part III
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last article we discussed Level 1 of our Core Training progressions, and outlined a series...
Core Training & Back Health for Squash—Part II
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the last article we discussed the concepts of core training, and highlighted some common exercises that,...
Core Training for Squash?
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In a series of articles at the end of last year we began to look at effective...
Playing at Great Heights!
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Having recently returned from 3½ weeks of squash training camps with US Junior players in Colorado, and...
Recovery Part 3—Mental Recovery
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In the past two issues we have discussed recovery from training and competition and introduced simple physiological strategies...
Recovery: Part 1—Physical
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
I am currently working with the Dutch National Team including many of their up and coming young...