Mike Way has coached two world champions: Jonathon Power & Ali Farag. He’s made Harvard a formidable squash power & has posted more detailed videos for our benefit. If someone prefers Shawn Moxham’s style, fine with Mike. That doesn’t render Mike an idiot. Let’s just say the methods he uses are very effective & it’s no fluke he coaches winners.

video is good but it hard to understand why they add music when it's already hard to hear the guy

@cscoetzee very good spot on with the skipping of the stone. I love how simple it is to teach with that analogy everyone can understand although once you get to professional it is all so technical

great practical advice every squash player should know.

Wish the audio quality was a little better.

all made sence to me and i've been playing Comp squash since 1979 .

thank you!

@Irifalchen My city, Louisville, KY USA, has arguably the best public park system in the US. We have public tennis courts all over the city. I played tennis with a guy who was from Pennsylvania and lived in Florida who said he has never seen a city with tennis access like Louisville. My city has four distinctive seasons (Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer). There are several indoor facilities that are reasonable in price. Louisville is an awesome city as it is so centrally located.

@nwhow To hit a forehand in tennis with power, you do need to use wrist. Watch Federer and Nadal. Laver was one of the first players to use wrist to generate power.

yeah good job mike

Did you ask Mike Way for permission to post this?

Your assessment is correct. I barely know anything about squash. And my tennis game could be better. In terms of teaching tennis to my son, I try to focus on basic things. I forgot to mention forward acceleration by moving forward into the ball, even when you are moving back. Pros do this routinely while 4.5s and 5.0s are unable to do this consistently. I would appreciate if you could tell me if Eastern, SemiWestern and Western grips are used in squash.

@zyxdonna Wrist snap and stone throwing analogies are not accurate. And the frisbee analogy is dead wrong; you don't want your wrist to break. Power comes from pronation of the racquet, i.e. the turning over of the hand, wrist, and forearm, (and therefore racquet), through the contact point with ball. Proper racquet prep and grip provide success in this critical part of the swing. Also, your grip must remain firm but at the same time not hinder you ability to pronate the racquet.

Where was this????

i go to mike wways private lessons all the time...hes a funny guy but serious

The Nick Boleitieri of squash.

I am a tennis player. I thought the only grip used in squash was Continental. This guy is talking about Western, Semi-Western and Eastern grips. Can you explain this to me.

@Irifalchen How can squash become as big in popularity as tennis? I guess in some countries like Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia squash is much more popular than tennis. I am a tennis player but would like to play squash during the winter, as I detest indoor tennis. Unfortunately, the best squash facility (2 singles softball, and 1 doubles hardball) costs $10,000 to join, and the other one sucks.

What's with the music?

Beginner and even intermediate tennis players are taught not to use wrist on the forehand. This is because it makes it very difficult to control and time. However, advanced players use a little wrist to generate more racquet head speed; Federer's forehand is a classic example.

@Siberius-

7 жыл бұрын

Wrist is huge in tennis.. that's how you roll over the ball and get top spin. Unless you brush up the ball.. but yea. But.. this is squash and completely different fundamentals. I came from tennis. (Is my reply a bit late?.. seems a bit late..)

How much money do the top squash pros earn? Is it close to the top tennis players..

How is that almost every Squash training video on youtube sucks ?

@squashfreak9999 Sounds like Bolleitieri to me . I was watching him give pointers to Donald Young on KZread. All he kept saying to him was "take those little baby steps." I say the same thing every night when hitting with my kids. He gets paid $900 an hour, and I get paid $0.

dude. im pretty sure this guy plays squash not tennis. believe it or not they are completely different sports. completely different to play.

He sounds like Tony Blair (not what he's saying, but his accent).

I can't hear anything you are saying...

Can't understand you sir.

What i try to do , and i'm no pro , is a trickle boast , safest bet is to drive down the way ...thats what everyone will tell you .

maybe sort your audio quality in future?

maybe both of them are British? maybe I don't know!

white oaks.

you can't understand this...get a good coach for your squash. this straight forward...

Tony Blair is a better squash player as well...

He stinks. I am a tennis player who teaches several basic principles to my 10 yr. old son. For a groundstroke 1) Make sure your square your shoulders even when hitting an open face forehand or closed forehand/backhand. 2) Always bend your knees, remembering to keep the knees bent upon impact and then immediately lift up into the shot, 3) keep head still at all times and do not take eyes of until contact is over, 4) Eastern grip best for 10 yr old, 5) Make sure you keep your body loose.

Yawn.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

you can't understand this...get a good coach for your squash. this straight forward...

@Siberius-

7 жыл бұрын

He might of meant that the audio is hard to hear.. not sure.