Golf & Squash
by Nick-At-Will
It's strange that so many “golfers” seem to have enough leisure time to go out onto the driving range (for hours) just to drive balls, (not “play” 9 or 18 holes) while “squash-players” claim they don't have enough time to go into an air-conditioned squash-court and practice their shot-making skills. Why is this so!? All one needs is themselves, a ball and a squash-racket!
In both golf and squash...(and many other sports), “perfect practice makes perfect.” If you're able to do a quality solo self-practice in squash, you get a great workout without the need of a partner. Why don't more squash-players do this!? Is it that “playing” the game is just too much fun? Perhaps that's the answer!
Let's face it, by solo-practicing, a player can learn to refine their strokes and bring great consistency to their game without having to rely on someone (or a machine) to feed them the ball.
When watching any professional male and/or female squash-player, one can immediately see that they're able to hit the ball straight up and down the walls accurately, many, many times in a row consistently! Should the ability to do this be reserved for the professional squash-player only? We think not!
Not only are the pros able to hit the ball with great length and pace, but also play drops and volley-drops with accuracy, making very few errors. They're also able to hit cross-courts with consistent width. Believe it or not, although it does take a certain amount of self-discipline, you can do it too!
Of course the pros spend many hours working with their coaches, but proficiency in their game also occurs because of spending hours on the court alone hitting the ball over and over again, refining whatever shot(s) they're working on, which eventually becomes an automatic response...or conditioned reflex, not requiring a conscious thought-process when playing. There are a multitude of solo-drills one can do to help improve your squash game!
Try it...you'll like it!
In both golf and squash...(and many other sports), “perfect practice makes perfect.” If you're able to do a quality solo self-practice in squash, you get a great workout without the need of a partner. Why don't more squash-players do this!? Is it that “playing” the game is just too much fun? Perhaps that's the answer!
Let's face it, by solo-practicing, a player can learn to refine their strokes and bring great consistency to their game without having to rely on someone (or a machine) to feed them the ball.
When watching any professional male and/or female squash-player, one can immediately see that they're able to hit the ball straight up and down the walls accurately, many, many times in a row consistently! Should the ability to do this be reserved for the professional squash-player only? We think not!
Not only are the pros able to hit the ball with great length and pace, but also play drops and volley-drops with accuracy, making very few errors. They're also able to hit cross-courts with consistent width. Believe it or not, although it does take a certain amount of self-discipline, you can do it too!
Of course the pros spend many hours working with their coaches, but proficiency in their game also occurs because of spending hours on the court alone hitting the ball over and over again, refining whatever shot(s) they're working on, which eventually becomes an automatic response...or conditioned reflex, not requiring a conscious thought-process when playing. There are a multitude of solo-drills one can do to help improve your squash game!
Try it...you'll like it!
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