SQUASHTIGERS - Weekly Newsflash!

"SPRING is the most important season for a squash player looking to move to the next level of achievement."

Spring gives coaches an opportunity to improve an athletes overall athletic profile, hone technique and most importantly, gain a jump on rivals. There are three things to unpack in that statement.

Spring has less competitive pressure, allowing coaches to be more concerned with technique and the long term - rather than just winning the next match.

1. As Spring has less competitive pressure, we can do more physical training to progress an athletes physical profile, without taking away from their winning chances due to fatigue.

2. Many others “rest” from squash in the Spring - making it the ideal opportunity to move up and on past them.

Right now at SQUASHTIGERS we are focused on finishing out the last competitive outings of the 2022 season strongly, then preparing for that next level jump. The coaches are commencing the goal setting process, conducting appropriate physical testing, technical evaluation and ensuring that all players have an individual agenda moving forwards.

Below you'll find three key points:

1. Some of the latest Squash Tiger NEWS!

2. Information about SPRING BREAK training opportunities

3. Reminder to register your summer camp interest

See you at the club. Paul

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SQUASHTIGERS - Weekly Newsflash!

Hi, Everyone.

Congratulations to all our SQUASHTIGER crew who did so well this past weekend. We were a little spread across the country, with solid squads at home and good groups at both the Westchester Gold and the Baltimore Silver. A few things to draw your attention to below, including a little more information about our summer camp plans, a reminder of our social media fun and our "bring a friend" initiative which you may read about by clicking HERE!

See you at the club.

Paul

Weekly planning?

Take home message: each week consists of 2 hard, 2 medium, 2 light and one day off training!

Now, this is drastically simplistic, but there's a grain of truth in it and, if I may say so myself... a rather useful notion. One of the great pitfalls players fall into is the notion of training hard, hard, hard, hard, exhausted. Not the best way forward by any means as it reduces quality, opens us up to all sorts of overuse injuries and generally "ain't that much fun".

The challenge each week is to plan... to make sure that we lighten a load so that our bodies can adapt. Also we need to embrace the idea that a quality session doesn't need to be gut wrenching. A skill session, a stretching session, even a core session can contribute to our long term success. We don't need to flog ourselves every day to be winners... trust me.

See you on court.