Skills for squash - Good length
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- Reducing your opponents options becomes critical as you become a high level player and the small detail of ensuring the ball after the first bounce is travelling downward when it hits the back wall will make it tough for them to hit quality.
The harder you hit the more the ball can bounce off the back wall if overhit so understanding the affect of power on your target depth is also important. - Sport
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Love the video! In practice matches i try to always dedicate some time to purely hitting the 4 targets. The 2 in the front , the two in the back. It can really flip your defensive play into a probing and even attacking play. I notice it needs constant reminder to keep it as one of the most important goals. Doing "one side" rallies where the ball needs to bounce within width of the service box ( or better half width) over the full length of the court helps with target practice a lot as well.
Yep we call it Tramlines or Rails and it is the go to for quality target hitting. It is an important transition from looking for winners all the time to looking for target as your number one priority and if you do this winning opportunities will just appear.
@@squashanalysis5670 That is interesting. Would it be fair to say that in defense of a hard to get shot you look to play for "Targets" (= defense/probing) whilst on a loose/easy attainable shot you look for a "Winner" (creative play/ attacking)?
A loose shot always comes provided one is willing to wait for it. I'm the mean time i try to keep my lines as straight as possible despite the opponents usually playing every shot as a winning shot which ultimately tires them out and brings out a good opportunity for closing it down
@@fm1326 I think I am more the opponent you decribe but I attempt to evolve more to the patience side given I can guarantee accuracy. Somewhere in the middle is attractive to me (patience but not letting opportunity go to waste) as the danger of relying on the other player to go loose makes me "play along" at times. A bit like Farag can bring his opponent into a hypnosis like state of following along which makes him in charge.
@@Kwistenbiebel100-ns5ko I work on body position and player balance, often it is good to back deep when you are set for a short winner as the player is very focused on covering the obvious short winner so read your opponents body and choose the best shot.
What about the service box? That would land it right in the corner. Then it's too close and they can hit it after one bounce on the way up?
Yeah, you basically answered your own question! But of course a lot depends on the situation. It's fine to land a flat, hard, drive in the service box. And it's the same for a slow, tight, drive. The region immediately behind the box is just generally the place that you want to be targeting because for _most_ of your length shots (which means for most of the shots you will play in a game), that area generally gives the best results. It's not a rule that you _must_ follow, and you should always play each shot on its own particular merits, but because good length is such a fundamental key to playing well (and this is true no matter if you're a novice player or a PSA pro!), having your target spot as the area just behind the service box should be your default selection. Best of luck, have a great day!
It depends on how hard and how warm the court is, you may need to hit deep in the service box to get good length but generally hitting in the service box will allow a rising ball drive with options for players with trained muscles to work off using deception if they can as well so it is always better to be too deep rather than too short giving you more time to get in good position lessening the damage of short boasts and drops.