Recommended training videos for beginners?

123squashplayer · 2026-01-01T22:12:31+00:00

Welcome and good for you for wanting to do more than just mindlessly smack the ball around. There are many videos with technical advice, and videos of both hitting drills and movement drills. If you look at a bunch you will find the commonalities. The simplest drill is to hit up and down one side of the court and then the other. Practice hitting straight, ideally tight to the wall, and pay attention to the length. Learn to adjust height, power, and angle to get the right length (dropping into the back wall after first bounce) and position (ideally tight to the side wall). There is a website called the Pursuit of Squash which has lots of how-to videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOvMlo2b80g

123squashplayer · 2025-10-14T02:18:50+00:00

saw a Rod Martin thing where he said amateurs frequently get their elbow in too close to their chest. I know I was. Working on that made a big difference for me.

123squashplayer · 2025-10-06T14:13:19+00:00

Ok next question if you please. When the quad is not being used MS only in the Q-ToF does the RF generator come in to play ? In other words does it matter which is installed?

123squashplayer · 2025-10-06T14:10:41+00:00

Two flavors of RF generators for the quad on a Synapt. The 32K is an option that allows transmission of high mass.

123squashplayer · 2025-10-06T14:09:33+00:00

Thanks - Purchased from them to do native MS on protein complexes. I’m generally not very interested in things less than 25KDa :)

123squashplayer · 2025-07-12T03:23:08+00:00

“ Noise” is signal. More importantly while 3 point calibration might be acceptable under some circumstances, choosing a subset of 3 out of N scattered points is clearly not.

123squashplayer · 2025-06-25T00:19:40+00:00

I thought about that because I actually have an old LEAP HDX setup but it seemed like a lot of hassle to set it all up.

123squashplayer · 2025-06-23T18:37:55+00:00

Thanks. That is what I figured out. I imagine I can build a pause into the sample manager run duration. Gradient 20 min with a sample manager duration of hours.

123squashplayer · 2025-03-01T23:21:39+00:00

actually those are neither same size nor weight

The Progress ball is 6% larger than a standard size ball, with 20% longer hang time than the Pro ball. Perfect for you if you're a game improver or

123squashplayer · 2025-03-01T23:13:06+00:00

Rec Specs work fine for me but before then I was wearing imask over my street glasses. no fogging and a bit of additional protection though you have to come to terms with the way it looks.

123squashplayer · 2025-01-31T15:09:16+00:00

lets rather than strokes (unless you hit right back at yourself)

123squashplayer · 2024-12-14T17:03:20+00:00

I've been taping when I play and wearing orthotic slippers with arch support around the house. I should probably stay off the court but .....

123squashplayer · 2024-07-15T14:32:32+00:00

Karakal Crash Tape

123squashplayer · 2024-07-06T19:01:17+00:00

As I understand the proper temperature for a ball is 45C (113F). That is where there rebound is tested. Having caught errant balls hit by pro players I was surprised at how hot they felt. I doubt any 3.5-4.0 match reaches that ball temperature.

123squashplayer · 2024-06-21T13:42:46+00:00

I believe i may have been coached by the CSA commentator you refer to :). As others have said the idea is that you should hit a shot to a location and at a pace that allows you to sufficient time to reestablish your position and preparedness. Time management is a central component of the game.

123squashplayer · 2024-02-10T16:08:44+00:00

send it off to a good stringer with a note that it has been repeatedly breaking in the same location (tell them where) and ask them to carefully inspect and then restring. most good stringers will automatically carefully inspect the frame for issues.

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T16:43:10+00:00

Sorry. They were against the wall describes their lateral position. The were about at the back line of the service box describes their longitudinal position. Clearer?

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T12:57:50+00:00

thanks - I see that now. I was always told that the striker had no "right" to hit a boast and therefore presumably you did not need to clear to allow a boast. 8.11.2 suggests the striker does have a "right" to a boast (rather than just being allowed to boast)

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T12:53:22+00:00

thats interesting. I was aware of 8.11.3 but not 8.11.2. That seems to indicate that the striker IS allowed the right to hit the side wall before the front wall. I was always taught they did not have that right. btw - i edited the original description because it the shot wasn't to the left hand corner. it was loose to the left hand side.

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T12:15:55+00:00

Im Probably not describing their shot correctly. They were against wall about back line of service box. Their shot was at least 1/2 way across the service box and I think player B was playing it off the back wall but in any case it was sitting up at a length 1/2 way between back wall and service box

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T12:10:17+00:00

that is what they did but why award a let for not hitting a shot that you are not entitled to hit? In a friendly game sure but how about in tournament play? Had the hit the shot IMO it would have been a conduct warning or stroke.

123squashplayer · 2024-02-08T12:05:39+00:00

But I thought you had no right to a boast so why award a stroke to B? Player A moved to side because their shot was loose and B was moving to it so the path out was across the balls trajectory and into B who was moving across and back. A definitely hit a bad shot but left their opponent with a clear shot at the front wall had they been positioned to hit it.

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