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Want to learn an unbelievable squash serve!

8/8/2014

A practice we used to do produced a serve that stayed out of reach for 7/8 ths of the court, here it is .

Get a tennis ball bucket (72 ball bucket) place it in the back corner and serve, The ball must land and stay in the bucket!
Aim for the serve to hit the front wall 1 foot below the outline the ball will continue up and then drop into the bucket.

points to note:
1. you must lift the ball high on the front wall
2. the ball must drop in to the bucket and stay in the bucket

progression: raise the bucket by placing it on a chair!

hope this helps!

daveg

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Squash Coaching

14/6/2013

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OK I knew it would happen!
I was asked to do some individual squash coaching at the Olympiad today and you know what I had forgotten how much I enjoyed coaching. Considering I haven't picked up a squash racket for over 8 years, It just felt right, I felt at home again.
It felt so good I have agreed to do some more next week!
To quote the person I was coaching "I have learnt more in the last hour than I ever did and I have played for over 10 years!"
Well my friend the road is just starting and you will not believe how much you will improve, as long as you practice what I have helped you to do.

Big smiles all round I enjoyed my coaching again and my "student" will improve !

Thank you for getting me back on a squash court!

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Squash Practice

7/1/2013

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I was asked "what is the best Squash Practice routine"?
That depends on what you are trying to achieve, the best basic practice for two players is the Boast and Drive,
Player A at the front plays straight drives (down the wall within two boards of the wall) Player B at the back plays a boast from each back corner (aiming to get the front side wall nick off the boast).
Both players must return to the T after each shot.
Try putting something in the middle of the court that each player has to touch between their shot.
(we used to use an old fire extinguisher because you could hear when a player failed to touch it! No ting!)

Change over after about 4 mins.

The above practice trains for fitness, racket technique (preparation) and ball placement.

Once you have mastered the basic Boast / Drive practice you can change it so that Player A (at the front) can play either straight or cross court drives. (starting to get harder!)

Enjoy!

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