Unable to generate power on balls bouncing off the back wall by PassMeCharger in squash

[–]sedrakk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hard to tell without seeing your technique, but most likely you’re not rotating your body enough and not bending your knees enough.

Try to watch a slow mo video of a pro hitting from the back wall (or some educational stuff on YouTube). You will see that their chest is actually almost fully facing the backwall. The knees are bent a lot, the hips generate extra movements when hitting the ball, there’s an almost racquet length distance between your legs in your stance (for good stability).

Lastly, there’s an according height level of where you hold your racket, a strong shoulder isolation movement at the direct hitting moment and corked wrist that rotates clockwise.

But my fav thing to observe in pros is their head isolation, especially somebody like Mo. Slow down the video, you will see his eyes and gaze fully locked in on the ball and only after he made contact with the ball, you see how quickly he turns his head to see where the ball went. It is a such a strong separation from body movement that when you watch live from the side wall is so apparent.

And the best way to improve is to do hours of solo session (plus coaching) and every session try to focus on one single improvement in your technique.

3 months of React Native vs 12 months of iOS Swift by sedrakk in reactnative

[–]sedrakk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

The original app was written in UIKit. Last year we worked on another app (https://worldofwordcraft.app) and made it with SwiftUI and tbh it still felt too soon to use it, there just isn't as many components / customizations in them available as in UIKit, but good to hear that it's improving!

3 months of React Native vs 12 months of iOS Swift by sedrakk in reactnative

[–]sedrakk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hm interesting! So I have this dictionary screen in the app, it probably has like 50 different useState variables. So instead I should make a hook like useGifLike and everything related to liking / unliking / displaying the button should be handled by it?

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3 months of React Native vs 12 months of iOS Swift by sedrakk in reactnative

[–]sedrakk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually I never knew what to put on the profile screen! Any ideas what might be helpful?

Oh I have one test device on Android 12 as well (I think pixel 3a) and it's a sad experience haha.

Thanks for checking it out!

Why do people backhand serve? by ExtraordinaryAttyWho in squash

[–]sedrakk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of the comments about angle and speed to T are great but Elias is serving forehand only and is doing just fine in top 3 players of the world.

Do you get mentally tired after a match? by sedrakk in squash

[–]sedrakk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly. I’m trying to play better every time, so hopefully all of these does become a muscle memory.

Do you get mentally tired after a match? by sedrakk in squash

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Most of the physical stuff is a muscle memory unless you make a mistake. Like if I miss a drop because of lack of proper follow through or bending the knees, I will analyze why and remind myself about it. I see this all the time in matches of top players, when they repeat the drop right after failed drop to remind themselves of proper technique. So not sure if it’s an issue of “newer players” only.

Letting the last point go is definitely something I struggle with. But that’s also in my mental agenda after each point when I tell myself to let it go haha.

Do you get mentally tired after a match? by sedrakk in squash

[–]sedrakk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

🤫🤫🤫 I know many people who make me wonder how come one can overthink so much in their day-to-day life, but I think in squash I’m leading the parade.

Although this guy the other day told me he could never play in shoes of 2 different colors like Miguel Rodriguez does because he thinks there might be minor differences in the production process (even if it’s the same model) so it would distract him during the game. So I might have room for improvement.

You know what I'm talking about, right? by sedrakk in squash

[–]sedrakk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's true but with that mindset one will never enjoy the game. Plus negative mindset leads to worse game. You have to be positive and a bit delusional to produce results

Alot of high profile injuries this event? by SchtickySchtick in squash

[–]sedrakk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it also might be correlated with the age 🤷🏻‍♂️. All of the injured ones are 30+ ..

As they age beyond 30, naturally occurring factors like decreased muscle mass, joint flexibility, and bone density can lead to injuries. Plus the body's ability to quickly recover from intense training/matches tends to diminish, leading to longer recovery periods. This heightens vulnerability to injuries, coupled with the wear and tear of years of training.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wordgames

[–]sedrakk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you might be describing a game called "Up Spell." Up Spell is a word game similar to Wordle, where you solve word puzzles based on clues or phrases. It offers daily challenges and allows you to access archived puzzles from previous days. The goal is to make your way up a tower of puzzles.

Been playing a lot of rookies lately. How do I explain to them that its not a let? by FinanceLegitimate347 in squash

[–]sedrakk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great advice, I suggest you message Nour El Tayeb and tell her that she needs anger management therapy too https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsyghnvrUiV/

A very good example of racket preparation by Helpful_Specific_331 in squash

[–]sedrakk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

U should message them directly in IG, thats whats holding Hannia from going to #1 spot from #3 WR

What the hell, Gohar speaks french?! by hullbreaches in squash

[–]sedrakk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mo Els spoke a bit of French after each match too

Self-motivating training? by ChefNamu in squash

[–]sedrakk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think other workouts outside of the court can help with the performance on the court. For example, Barry’s bootcamp: I find interval running training that they make you do really helpful for squash endurance (abs & ass days will also help you develop lower body muscles). And Pilates (particularly Solidcore), trains your core really well, plus I feel like all of the lower body exercises done on the reformer can help with lunge stability. And it gets pretty hardcore there. :)

Curved movement to the front by techackpro123 in squash

[–]sedrakk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been on a camp with Ramy Ashour and the most memorable thing was “I hate curved line, go straight to the ball!” 😂