As seen too many young professionals, with tremendous racket ability and fitness, arrive for coaching oblivious to correct movement patterns. They are underachieving because they are frustrated, not understanding why their game has reached a plateau. Good Movement in Squash is not a million miles away from the disciplines taught and encompassed in Gymnastics and dancing. Poise, balance, elegance and power are all essential ingredients to successful, watch able squash. It is very hard to explain good and bad movement by the written word but I have listed some characteristics of both correct and incorrect patterns.
Good movement stems from reading the game and watching the ball at all times.
Players must never commit to a shot until sure where the ball is going to end up. Generally take long strides to the ball so the body is stretching when playing the ball. Try to vary the amount of stretch in relation to the T area, your opponent and the shot being played. If, as a piece of elastic, the player stretches to the ball, so the player will have the recoil to spring back to the T in a split second. To create the poise, strength and balance essential to good movement a split step is needed from the T to start the initial movement into the ball.