Super helpful analytical guide to floating T. It is useful to have the step by step walk through on how to adjust position and footwork. I particularly like how you explain it depends on our unique abilities and skills rather than a one size fits all.
Thank you. I'm glad that you found the analysis helpful. Everything is unique and must be applied to our abilities, in squash, and in life! I hope that you continue to learn and develop both on and off the court, - Ahad
The top 3 better watch out now that I have the knowledge to beat them!! Thanks for sharing! « T » positioning and my footwork is what I want to focus on this year!
the floating T concept is very usefull especially for older more senior (in age) amatures as it helps to conserve energy. a major factor determining one's floating T position is to determine the angles that are available for the opponent to execute a shot at any given time. one then adjusts one's floating T position to only cover those shot angles that may be executed by the opponent. this is simply a more efficient way to manage one's energy levels during a game. thanks for this insightfull video clip! the floating T approach promotes the "thinking or intelligent squash" dynamic rather than just relying on pure physicality.
Absolutely! It is the only way to minimize energy, play efficiently, and play with our strengths and limitations :) Thanks for the detailed comments, as always 💪🏼 - Ahad
Coach Ahad, you made my Day, Week and Month with this amazing job as always! I will apply the knowledge you shared on Squash Day Saturday. This will come in handy as I play against the young guns (20 something) , and I'm 50 something.. so any strategic advantage I can try in my Favor is a BIG plus, it's speed against experience (hare vs turtle). Thanks again for your sharing of your excellent knowledge and showing us your strong passion for the Game!
Thank you Antonio! 🙏🏼 I really appreciate that! Good luck practicing and implementing this knowledge! Over time you will begin to capitalize with these strategies. Keep me posted 💪🏼 - Ahad
Ahad this will definitely help me a lot, Cus everyone has always told me to stay on the T and for most part it was a waste of energy, so this is nice for you to say that
Long story my friend. I started late. Played PSA to live out a dream and avoid looking back later in life saying, "what if". The combination of age, covid lockdowns, and having a baby made me stop. I still train a lot (when courts are open), and play. Just no travelling for events any more. Maybe the odd local one here in Toronto Canada 💪🏼 Tell me more about your squash 🙂 I'm glad that you're getting value from these videos 💪🏼 - Ahad
@@ARProformance That's awesome ! Sounds quite similar to me. Late start but hard at work :) It's so good you chased after it and didn't look back, I reckon you can be ultra proud of what you've accomplished ay. It's exactly what i hope to achieve before, as you say, age gets the better of me haha. Hope being a father is an even more exciting journey than your PSA experience. I'm sure you'll do great and i hope they learn a thing or two about squash from you!
Hey Ahad, super cool video again, thanks ! My homework 😆 For me, the 2 scenarios at front of court have always seemed the most "scary", as the non-striker, if my opponent is not under a lot of pressure. This is because I feel like they have the option to hit a straight drive, or a nice wide cross court, and I'm going to get caught by either of those options no matter what sort of T position I take. Maybe my mental reaction time is just not as good as average, I'm not sure 🙂 But the clip with Dessouky you have shown here may be a good help. The way he has placed his feet with one well ahead of the other like you pointed out is interesting. I guess I would have always taken a more neutral stance (both feet equally forward, if you know what I mean). So I'll have a try and make an adjustment here. Do you have any other suggestions on that ? Once again thank you for the great insights in your videos, really enjoying the m!
Thanks David! Yes, a neutral stance requires us to first readjust our feet to a 'sprint' style position (after all that is how we all accelerate, with varying degrees of angles between the two feet). I'd recommend playing around with how narrow or wide your feet are, as well as how flat footed you are vs. on the balls of your feet). The timing is also important - i.e. split step relative to when your opponent hits the ball. Good luck gradually implementing this change in your game. Please keep me posted :) I appreciate your continued support. Chat soon, - Ahad
Very insightful video as always! My question is: would a person ghost patterns like these? Would you imagine the situations and adjust your starting T position to practice a more game-specific movement? I see the ghosting diagrams in the squash blogs and books and all the arrows emanate from the very center of the T, yet on PSA the commentators would call that a "ridiculously high" T-position. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom
Thanks for your question and support. Truthfully it depends on your objective. If you want to work more on fitness and honesty (if you cheat and don't get to the T after playing a shot), then go closer to the actual T. If that isn't as much of an issue, then visualize rallies while ghosting and adjust your position depending on the shot you hit. It's a layered approach. Everyone's situation demands different training. I obviously can't say what's best in your situation without seeing a video of you play :) My personal preference is to always make ghosting as realistic as possible, regardless of your deficiencies (ie. Always play a shot while ghosting and moving accordingly). I hope this helps, Ahad
@@ARProformance That makes a lot of sense, thank you! I'm more of a young runner and my errors are generally things like: taking the wrong line out of a shot, rushing back to the T or not jumping on attacking opportunities. I'll try to incorporate more rally visualisation into my ghosting!
Super helpful analytical guide to floating T. It is useful to have the step by step walk through on how to adjust position and footwork. I particularly like how you explain it depends on our unique abilities and skills rather than a one size fits all.
Thank you. I'm glad that you found the analysis helpful. Everything is unique and must be applied to our abilities, in squash, and in life! I hope that you continue to learn and develop both on and off the court,
- Ahad
The top 3 better watch out now that I have the knowledge to beat them!! Thanks for sharing! « T » positioning and my footwork is what I want to focus on this year!
How's the training going? :)
- Ahad
appreciate all the videos you've made! super helpful breakdowns
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that they're helping. I hope that you continue to apply the lessons shared. Wishing you the best,
- Ahad
the floating T concept is very usefull especially for older more senior (in age) amatures as it helps to conserve energy.
a major factor determining one's floating T position is to determine the angles that are available for the opponent to execute a shot at any given time. one then adjusts one's floating T position to only cover those shot angles that may be executed by the opponent.
this is simply a more efficient way to manage one's energy levels during a game.
thanks for this insightfull video clip!
the floating T approach promotes the "thinking or intelligent squash" dynamic rather than just relying on pure physicality.
Absolutely! It is the only way to minimize energy, play efficiently, and play with our strengths and limitations :)
Thanks for the detailed comments, as always 💪🏼
- Ahad
Excellent point Nick! Iam 50 something player and I need all the advantage I can achieve against the Young Guns!
@@antoniothehitmanvargas7698 we r in the same boat 😝
Coach Ahad, you made my Day, Week and Month with this amazing job as always! I will apply the knowledge you shared on Squash Day Saturday. This will come in handy as I play against the young guns (20 something) , and I'm 50 something.. so any strategic advantage I can try in my Favor is a BIG plus, it's speed against experience (hare vs turtle). Thanks again for your sharing of your excellent knowledge and showing us your strong passion for the Game!
Thank you Antonio! 🙏🏼 I really appreciate that! Good luck practicing and implementing this knowledge! Over time you will begin to capitalize with these strategies. Keep me posted 💪🏼
- Ahad
Well done on hitting 1k subscribers. You deserve many more!
Thank you 🙏🏼 I'll keep doing my best to add value, entertain and highlight different perspectives 💪🏼
- Ahad
Excellent content
I appreciate your kind words and support Michael 🙏🏼
- Ahad
Thank you so much! It really clears up some reflections I have been having.
My pleasure Joseph. What was your previous confusion about? I'm glad the videos are helpful. I appreciate your support 🙏🏼
- Ahad
Ahad, great great job. Thank you for providing such unique and beneficial content. You're amazing.
Thank you Bilal. I appreciate your support and I am glad that the videos are helping you! All the best,
- Ahad
Awesome!
Thanks! 💪🏼
Ahad this will definitely help me a lot, Cus everyone has always told me to stay on the T and for most part it was a waste of energy, so this is nice for you to say that
Thanks Armon. It's a balancing game of not 'cheating' too much while still keeping an advantage 💪🏼 we can implement it moving forward ☺️
- Ahad
Hey mate, you say former touring pro, what made you stop? Also appreciate the videos you do mate. Some golden nuggets of wisdom.
Long story my friend. I started late. Played PSA to live out a dream and avoid looking back later in life saying, "what if". The combination of age, covid lockdowns, and having a baby made me stop. I still train a lot (when courts are open), and play. Just no travelling for events any more. Maybe the odd local one here in Toronto Canada 💪🏼
Tell me more about your squash 🙂 I'm glad that you're getting value from these videos 💪🏼
- Ahad
@@ARProformance That's awesome ! Sounds quite similar to me. Late start but hard at work :)
It's so good you chased after it and didn't look back, I reckon you can be ultra proud of what you've accomplished ay. It's exactly what i hope to achieve before, as you say, age gets the better of me haha.
Hope being a father is an even more exciting journey than your PSA experience. I'm sure you'll do great and i hope they learn a thing or two about squash from you!
Hey Ahad, super cool video again, thanks ! My homework 😆 For me, the 2 scenarios at front of court have always seemed the most "scary", as the non-striker, if my opponent is not under a lot of pressure. This is because I feel like they have the option to hit a straight drive, or a nice wide cross court, and I'm going to get caught by either of those options no matter what sort of T position I take. Maybe my mental reaction time is just not as good as average, I'm not sure 🙂
But the clip with Dessouky you have shown here may be a good help. The way he has placed his feet with one well ahead of the other like you pointed out is interesting. I guess I would have always taken a more neutral stance (both feet equally forward, if you know what I mean).
So I'll have a try and make an adjustment here. Do you have any other suggestions on that ?
Once again thank you for the great insights in your videos, really enjoying the m!
Thanks David! Yes, a neutral stance requires us to first readjust our feet to a 'sprint' style position (after all that is how we all accelerate, with varying degrees of angles between the two feet). I'd recommend playing around with how narrow or wide your feet are, as well as how flat footed you are vs. on the balls of your feet). The timing is also important - i.e. split step relative to when your opponent hits the ball. Good luck gradually implementing this change in your game. Please keep me posted :)
I appreciate your continued support. Chat soon,
- Ahad
Very insightful video as always!
My question is: would a person ghost patterns like these? Would you imagine the situations and adjust your starting T position to practice a more game-specific movement?
I see the ghosting diagrams in the squash blogs and books and all the arrows emanate from the very center of the T, yet on PSA the commentators would call that a "ridiculously high" T-position.
Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom
Thanks for your question and support. Truthfully it depends on your objective. If you want to work more on fitness and honesty (if you cheat and don't get to the T after playing a shot), then go closer to the actual T. If that isn't as much of an issue, then visualize rallies while ghosting and adjust your position depending on the shot you hit. It's a layered approach.
Everyone's situation demands different training. I obviously can't say what's best in your situation without seeing a video of you play :)
My personal preference is to always make ghosting as realistic as possible, regardless of your deficiencies (ie. Always play a shot while ghosting and moving accordingly).
I hope this helps,
Ahad
@@ARProformance That makes a lot of sense, thank you! I'm more of a young runner and my errors are generally things like: taking the wrong line out of a shot, rushing back to the T or not jumping on attacking opportunities. I'll try to incorporate more rally visualisation into my ghosting!