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Coaching Front-Court Squash Tactics – Where to Start?
Squash is one of the most tactical of the dual-combat category of sports – with up to 1000 tactical decisions needed per match (1000 shots = 1000 decisions). Most squash coaches seem to approach squash tactics as an afterthought, focusing most of their efforts on teaching and drilling technique, and increasing the fitness of their [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Apr 23, 2011 -
Squash Injuries: Ice is still the Queen!
Most squash injuries are not acute or catastrophic – mostly they are “itis’”: usually some type of tendonitis – sometimes a bursitis. These are usually caused by an increase in training or competing volume to a level beyond the fitness preparation of the athlete. Although the intensity of training is also a factor – most [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Feb 12, 2011 -
Squash Coach Training & Education Must be “Context-Specific”
There are squash coaches who are excellent coaches at an elite level – but who are incompetent teaching beginners. There are squash coaches who are excellent coaches with beginning young children but not very good with adult beginners or advanced players.Collected in tbacon's videos Feb 2, 2011 -
Squash Coach Uses Tape to Change Grip!
I had my doubts, but after (during a discussion of John White’s technique while watching a match video) I told my team that Geoff Hunt had tried to get John to cock his wrist with the correct grip with tape – my #3 Helen Queenan asked me to do it for her. It is really [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Jan 12, 2011 -
Coaching Squash Front-Court Tactics with a Ball Machine
Most squash coaches use a squash ball machine solely for technical training – often working with their players to groove one particular shot – or hitting several shots from the same, identical feed. This training, although it can be valuable, is “closed” training and does not improve a player’s “squash intelligence”. Ideally, we should try [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Dec 19, 2010 -
Squash Deception: Knowledge into Reality!
Knowing something about squash does not necessarily translate into being able to do it – squash deception is a good example of this. A good squash coach is able to turn knowledge into reality with a solid pedagogical approach. Knowledge + Appropriate Pedagogy = Action I have always been interested (being an attritional grinder myself) [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Dec 9, 2010 -
Kinaesthetic Cues for Squash Coaching: Part II
Some learn about squash technique by seeing, some via listening, but most by doing – which means by the “feeling of doing”. The sport science term for using “feelings” to help learn is “kinaesthetic cues”. As discussed in my last post, I had two of my team’s recent tennis converts “throw” their racquets into netting [...]Collected in tbacon's videos Dec 9, 2010 -
Why I Purchased a Ping Pong Robot but Won’t Buy a Squash Ball Machine!
I’ll preface my post by saying that I did in fact own a squash ball machine – the first one that came out (1989??Collected in tbacon's videos Sep 6, 2010 -
Teaching Squash to Beginner’s (and other raquet sports too)!
As September rolls around most of us squash coaches, whether club or college, are going to be put in the position of introducing groups of new players to squash (and perhaps other racquet sports). To make a long story short, most of the mainstream coaching world has finally caught up with a pedagogy that has [.Collected in tbacon's videos Aug 27, 2010 -
New Aerobic Training Tool For Squash Coaches: miCoach iPhone App!
Regular readers will know that I have been singing the praises of CorePerformance.com for squash strength training since I learned about them while doing the rehab for my hip replacement.Collected in tbacon's videos Aug 3, 2010 -
Last-Minute Training with a Squash Scientist – Next Two Weeks in CT!
There are still a couple of spots open in both the junior and adult World Class Squash Camps being held at Wesleyan University (30 minutes from Bradley International near Hartford or New Haven train station) starting this Monday (July 12) for two weeks – I have arranged for a 20% discount for those who follow [..Collected in tbacon's videos Jul 11, 2010 -
Coaching Squash Deception: A Practical Example with Karim Darwish
I have just got back from the PPS Squash camp at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania – I designed the camp based on a Tactics First approach – every session started with a conditioned game so that we could assess the campers in a “live” and meaningful game situation. After observing the squash campers, we bring [.Collected in tbacon's videos Jun 29, 2010 -
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Squash Agility/Speed Test & Training: A Reader Comment & Update
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Strength Training for Squash – Basic Exercises made Squash-Specific
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Front-Court Squash Tactics: WISPA Grinham-Grainger Examples
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tbacon Squash is one of the most tactical of the dual-combat category of sports – with up to 1000 tactical decisions needed per match (1000 shots = 1000 decisions). Most squash coaches seem to approach squash tactics as an afterthought, focusing most of their efforts on teaching and drilling technique, and increasing the fitness of their [...] Read More
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