Squash Deception - Teaching with the Games Approach

Tim Bacon, Sport Scientist & Squash Coach at Smith College and Shona Kerr, Squash Coach at Wesleyan University train Chris Caesar (high "B"/low "A" player) in front court deception - the most COMMON situation which is straight drop/ cross-court drive combo. Games Appraoch method features starting with a game BEFORE any coaching takes place - and using lots of questins to encourage critical thinking on the par of the student (hopefully leading to more awareness and critical thinking). For more info: www.scienceofcoachingsquash.wordpress.com.

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• squash coaching
• squash deception
• games approach
• squash tactics

[momokill1]

@danpawlowski depends on skill level. But for pretty much everything except natural instinct its best to train alone in the court. The more time you spend in court alone the much better you become. Just focus on keeping your shots close to wall and do simple drills which involve similar or playing alone. GL

[momokill1]

@danpawlowski Depends on your skill level. What makes squash so fun (at first) is that it is so easy to see your improvement from week to week when starting. After some time however it does plateau and you need to do more productive training. The best training/practice I would say is bring alone in the court. And most importantly stay focused and pay attention. A simple drill would be focus on forehand or backhand and keep ball as close to wall. Go until your arm hurts :)

[danpawlowski]

@momokill1

Better ways? please, indicate which ones...