It has been a time of slow but steady progress. My practice session now primarily consists of a jog for about 2 kms. at a slow and variable pace. The idea is to get myself warmed up for the squash session afterwards and not be dead tired by the end of the jogging session. It is followed by skipping for about 3-4 minutes. I manage to skip 500 times - two sessions of 250 with a minute of rest in between. This is followed by a 10 min. rest and then the session at the squash court.
In the court, I do ghosting to get the movement in sync and primarily work on my recovery - where I am very weak. I typically do 5 complete court ghosts in 1 min. take a break for hitting the rails on the back hand side ( I try and hit 25 consecutive rails on the backhand side of varying lengths and pace), do a second session of complete court ghosting and then hit rails on the forehand side.
There definitely has been an improvement in my performance due to improvement in the overall stamina and footwork and this is definitely reflected in the games I play with some of the better players. People have commented upon the improvement that they see in my ability in being able to chase the balls down.
The other key area that has contributed to the overall improvement in my game is the willingness to take the ball off the back wall. What this means is that I have now started allowing certain balls to pass me and hit them when they rebound off the back wall. It certainly gives me more time to get into a better position and takes a bit of pace off the rally.
The core improvement areas that I need to work upon include my return of low serves on the backhand side and making a faster recovery after hitting the shot!! Am working on the same - footwork, footwork and footwork!!
