The serve and the return are the two most overlooked shots in club squash. Every rally starts with them, yet most players treat the serve as a formality and the return as an afterthought. Give these two shots the attention they deserve and you start a huge share of your rallies already in front.The serve: free position
Read moreTwo players with identical fitness and technique can have completely different results on court, and the reason is often invisible: one of them reads the game half a second earlier than the other. Anticipation — knowing where the ball is going before it is hit — is a skill you can build, and it is one of the cheapest ways to get faster without getting fitter.Anticipation is not guessingPeople often confuse anticipati
Ask a strong squash player what separates them from the club standard, and many will point to one habit: they volley. Instead of letting the ball travel to the back and bounce, they cut it out of the air early. It is a small change in decision-making that transforms how much control you have over a rally.What volleying really buys youEvery time you take the ball out of the air, you steal time from your opponent. The
The boast is one of squash's most misunderstood shots. New players either never use it, or they use it far too often. Learn when it is the right choice — and how to hit it cleanly — and you will turn some of the worst positions on court into playable rallies.What a boast isA boast is any shot that hits a side wall before the front wall. Instead of driving the ball straight into the front wall, you angle it into t
If there is one shot that decides more squash rallies than any other, it is the straight drive to the back. It is not glamorous, it does not draw applause, and beginners often ignore it in favour of flashier winners. But watch any strong club or professional match and you will see the same pattern: the player who hits a better length controls the rally, and the player who controls the rally usually wins the point.Wha
Every coach has drawn it. Cross court, straight drive, drop to the front. The problem was never the drawing — it's what comes after: you can't rally against a diagram. Without a partner willing to feed you the same ball a hundred times, the pattern stays in your head, and a pattern that lives only in your head never shows up at real rally speed. Closing that gap between drawing a play and actually hitting it
If you've ever taken a squash lesson, you've probably watched a coach sketch the court on a whiteboard and slide magnets around while explaining a pattern. We've brought that whiteboard into SquashRT. Say hello to the Tactics Board.Why top-downThe 3D Court View shows you how the ball flies. A top-down view shows you how the players move. The spacing between two players, who owns the T, where a recovery pa