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 help establish correct patterns of movement, the ‘Big 3’ series 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 ways of developing lower back and torso strength, while also...
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 of three basic exercises—the Big 3—which are considered effective at...
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, and ultimately using our failures or losses to grow as...
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 of simple bridging exercises designed to correct and improve the...
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, in most circumstances, are not the best choice in helping...
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 strength training exercises for squash, focusing initially on the development...
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 this week working with 4 players who are due to...
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 and nutritional principles that play a key role in this...
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 senior players. As they work through a series of on...