I am a new squash player and am constantly finding myself stuck in the corners of the court. The "distance to the ball" section was very useful for me. Thank you!
I like watching your videos, you're quite clear in your explanations although I need to take more time to actually practice some of your coaching in order to get the benefits... sitting at home right now watching youtube, I'll need to come back and watch the video before I get on court.
This is fantastic stuff. Your starting point is quite far back and shifted to the backhand side, though. This can work in a backhand rally, but it will get much harder if the ball is coming from somewhere else than the same backhand corner. How can I cover the extra distance then without messing up my patterns?
Hello, great video as allways. I was wondering if you could please do a footwork video specifically for short people? I often find myself missing the ball by an inch or so. I know if my footwork was better i could reach it. Thank you.
You just need a longer racket ;o) Or more seriously, you may just need to take slightly longer steps. Look at the footwork in Seb's video here and count the steps he takes to reach a position. Then just find the stride you need to reach that position in the same number of steps. Normally it won't make that much difference. Watch a lot of Victor Crouin matches on you tube and don't worry about it!
Amazing video! Thank you very much for all the nice videos. Learning a lot from your channel. I am a new Squash player, I have been learning all my Squash skills from RUclips for the past 2 years. I wonder if you are interesting in making some new videos to talk about followings topics which I could not find on the internet yet! 1. How to defence or safe a shot using the back glass wall shots, I saw all the pros are doing it but I dun know when is the timing to hit that shot! 2. When I hit a bad boast or bad drop. How to deference a trickle boast/ cross court and straight drive from the front corners in terms of standing position, mind set, footworks, possible to call a stroke?… Thanks again and look forward to your next update:)
do you ever play on the backhand with a more open stance in the corner, say for example a cross court lob. or are you always closed to the front wall and trying to do line drives?
These videos are great! Love the amount of technical detail you get into. For these 3 footwork patterns, can you elaborate on when each one is appropriate? For example, is the parallel one best if you have time to get there? Is one of them best for a ball that is very tight to the back or side wall? How/when do you decide which pattern to use? Thank you!
I believe I do say this in the video. The parallel is when the ball is staying deeper in the back, so i need all my legs to get as much weight transfer as possible. The one with the extra step with the left foot when I have time and on a regular drive. The one step on the easy ball bouncing further back from the back wall.
Nice video, do you ever let you opponents position and the space he gives you affect your selection on movement. Like the movement you show where you go first to backwall and then step into the shot. There you take alot of space, it's easy if your opponent is in front of you but can be tricky if he comes out of the corner behind you.
I re-grip a bit, so i shorten the racket by holding it higher, and my swing adapts, I will just use a flick of the wrist, I will make a video about it!
Even with this video my brain has trouble figuring out the 3 patterns: Pattern 1: left foot, shuffle, right foot lunge (straight for 3qt, diagonal for back) Pattern 2: left foot, shuffle, right foot diagonal, left foot almost parallel Pattern 3: left foot, shuffle but more distance than normal? , right foot parallel lunge in back Let me know if this is wrong! Maybe I just am a bad visual learner.
One concern here. The angle of your movement does not seem to take into account the player that is theoreticaly just clearing from his own shot and is right behind you. Then again each shot is different so each aproach will also slightly differ from one another. Generaly speaking though - when I watch pro play it would seem that every single one of the players takes a bit of a sharper angle towards the corner than what you are showing here. Is it because way bigger percentage of their shots is fading length that is close to the wall and here you are focusing on movement to a bit looser shots? Or am I missing something?
You might be correct, I do use quite some space to position myself, this has 2 benefits for me, my opponent has to go around me more and i have better distance towards the ball, though I do not seem to have a lot of traffic issues during my matches so I guess I am not exaggerating the movement. Obviously you are right in every ball approaching differently, generally speaking I do not chase the ball, but intend to walk with the ball. Thanks for your comment, hope my answers is helpful.
@@squashoriginals2392 Thanks for the reply, it does make a bit more sense now. I also realized that your starting T position here is very far back which is probably the reason why the angle of the movement looks a bit strange.
@@theqbary Yeah, that seems to be (my t-position being a little low), all though please take in consideration that the top players you see play on PSA squashtv play at 17" tin. This is a huge difference in movement compared to 19" which is the standard tin height, they need to be a bit more higher on the T to reach the attacking shots from the back. So please do not see this as the standard in T-position. Also they hit the ball a lot more accurate and move a lot faster then the most of us. I would suggest one foot length from the back of the service box towards the T should be a OK position. Obviously if you feel more comfortable to be higher on the T do that, I just think you could get exposed with attacking drives and cross courts. Obviously I do not know you level and have not seen you play, this is purely based on what I see happening with the club players I work with.
@@squashoriginals2392 well now that I think about it i almost never lose points to drop shots or boasts from backcourt but deep crosscourts do feel super challenging to get to. I will experiment with positioning the next time I play, thanks for the feedback, this is pretty eye-opening :)
I am a new squash player and am constantly finding myself stuck in the corners of the court. The "distance to the ball" section was very useful for me. Thank you!
Welcome to the struggle haha
Took me a year and a half to improve that
@@shahg25 I’ve been playing almost a year now, so I’m hoping I can fix it soon 😂
Very helpful. Now I need to practice. Season's Greetings to all!
Excellent advice!
Great video Sebas! And not a single squashball in sight 🙃
Thanks for the tips. I consider you the best squash coach by far.❤
Simply explained. Very effective. Thank you
Perfectly explained! Thank you!
This is the best illustration I have ever seen for squash training. Thank you for posting this video
Very good tips, i have been playing t
Squash for long time, and so these mistakes that you are pointing out. Keep making these videos.
This is excellent! Thanks from 🇨🇦
Awesome ❤ best explanation about foot work
I'm just discovering squash and i find your videos very useful. Thank you so much ! 🎾
Thanks, very useful!!
I like watching your videos, you're quite clear in your explanations although I need to take more time to actually practice some of your coaching in order to get the benefits... sitting at home right now watching youtube, I'll need to come back and watch the video before I get on court.
Practice practice practice!! Start by just using one element, build slowly, you don’t want to go on court and get lost over thinking every move..
Great tips thanks so much
Very helpful, Thanks
It helps a lot😊
Good tips!
This is fantastic stuff. Your starting point is quite far back and shifted to the backhand side, though. This can work in a backhand rally, but it will get much harder if the ball is coming from somewhere else than the same backhand corner. How can I cover the extra distance then without messing up my patterns?
Hello, great video as allways. I was wondering if you could please do a footwork video specifically for short people? I often find myself missing the ball by an inch or so. I know if my footwork was better i could reach it. Thank you.
You just need a longer racket ;o)
Or more seriously, you may just need to take slightly longer steps. Look at the footwork in Seb's video here and count the steps he takes to reach a position. Then just find the stride you need to reach that position in the same number of steps. Normally it won't make that much difference. Watch a lot of Victor Crouin matches on you tube and don't worry about it!
Love it
Amazing video! Thank you very much for all the nice videos. Learning a lot from your channel. I am a new Squash player, I have been learning all my Squash skills from RUclips for the past 2 years.
I wonder if you are interesting in making some new videos to talk about followings topics which I could not find on the internet yet!
1. How to defence or safe a shot using the back glass wall shots, I saw all the pros are doing it but I dun know when is the timing to hit that shot!
2. When I hit a bad boast or bad drop. How to deference a trickle boast/ cross court and straight drive from the front corners in terms of standing position, mind set, footworks, possible to call a stroke?…
Thanks again and look forward to your next update:)
thanks for your comment! I will get into those topics for you :-)
Is the forehand the next video👍
Your start position for movement is well behind the tee. Is this your normal tee position ?
do you ever play on the backhand with a more open stance in the corner, say for example a cross court lob. or are you always closed to the front wall and trying to do line drives?
These videos are great! Love the amount of technical detail you get into. For these 3 footwork patterns, can you elaborate on when each one is appropriate? For example, is the parallel one best if you have time to get there? Is one of them best for a ball that is very tight to the back or side wall? How/when do you decide which pattern to use? Thank you!
I believe I do say this in the video. The parallel is when the ball is staying deeper in the back, so i need all my legs to get as much weight transfer as possible. The one with the extra step with the left foot when I have time and on a regular drive. The one step on the easy ball bouncing further back from the back wall.
@@squashoriginals2392 Thanks, excited to ghost these patterns ASAP!
Will you be making a similar forehand back corner video?Would love to check that out!
If I travel to Netherland next summer, can I take a lesson from you in person?
Of course!
Really great videos, thanks!👍I’d like to know what Mizuno shoes you’re wearing?
It’s in the description!
@@squashoriginals2392 sorry, did not pay attention to that - watching on my mobile this time.. :)
Nice video, do you ever let you opponents position and the space he gives you affect your selection on movement. Like the movement you show where you go first to backwall and then step into the shot. There you take alot of space, it's easy if your opponent is in front of you but can be tricky if he comes out of the corner behind you.
The ‘dance’ is tight, but if you take the width of the service box as a guideline you should be fine!
great video and how to create momentum to get back to the T. Is that really court 18?
Court 18 indeed!
What is your technique when the ball is very deep and you csn not give a full swing?... on your back hand. Thanks
I re-grip a bit, so i shorten the racket by holding it higher, and my swing adapts, I will just use a flick of the wrist, I will make a video about it!
Seb. In none of these movements did you play off the left foot. This is very common. Could you explain why you didn’t cover this?
I would only use the left foot in the 3 quarter area, ‘never’ in the back of the court on the backhand side..
Even with this video my brain has trouble figuring out the 3 patterns:
Pattern 1: left foot, shuffle, right foot lunge (straight for 3qt, diagonal for back)
Pattern 2: left foot, shuffle, right foot diagonal, left foot almost parallel
Pattern 3: left foot, shuffle but more distance than normal? , right foot parallel lunge in back
Let me know if this is wrong! Maybe I just am a bad visual learner.
I think you are correct, most important for me is that you keep the distance towards the ball when going to the back, so walk WITH the ball! Let’s go!
One concern here. The angle of your movement does not seem to take into account the player that is theoreticaly just clearing from his own shot and is right behind you. Then again each shot is different so each aproach will also slightly differ from one another. Generaly speaking though - when I watch pro play it would seem that every single one of the players takes a bit of a sharper angle towards the corner than what you are showing here. Is it because way bigger percentage of their shots is fading length that is close to the wall and here you are focusing on movement to a bit looser shots? Or am I missing something?
You might be correct, I do use quite some space to position myself, this has 2 benefits for me, my opponent has to go around me more and i have better distance towards the ball, though I do not seem to have a lot of traffic issues during my matches so I guess I am not exaggerating the movement. Obviously you are right in every ball approaching differently, generally speaking I do not chase the ball, but intend to walk with the ball. Thanks for your comment, hope my answers is helpful.
@@squashoriginals2392 Thanks for the reply, it does make a bit more sense now. I also realized that your starting T position here is very far back which is probably the reason why the angle of the movement looks a bit strange.
@@theqbary Yeah, that seems to be (my t-position being a little low), all though please take in consideration that the top players you see play on PSA squashtv play at 17" tin. This is a huge difference in movement compared to 19" which is the standard tin height, they need to be a bit more higher on the T to reach the attacking shots from the back. So please do not see this as the standard in T-position. Also they hit the ball a lot more accurate and move a lot faster then the most of us.
I would suggest one foot length from the back of the service box towards the T should be a OK position. Obviously if you feel more comfortable to be higher on the T do that, I just think you could get exposed with attacking drives and cross courts. Obviously I do not know you level and have not seen you play, this is purely based on what I see happening with the club players I work with.
@@squashoriginals2392 well now that I think about it i almost never lose points to drop shots or boasts from backcourt but deep crosscourts do feel super challenging to get to. I will experiment with positioning the next time I play, thanks for the feedback, this is pretty eye-opening :)