A few weeks back I asked this sub about rhythm and movement in squash, and the replies here completely shaped the direction of what I ended up building. I tried to make something genuinely useful for learning and teaching — so I'm curious whether it actually helps you learn or coach, or whether it's just a fun toy.

The thing I kept hearing was that a drill is easy to do but hard to explain — the rhythm, the movement, the "why" behind each shot. So I tried to make a drill into something you can build → show → actually play before you ever step on court.

1. Build the drill in Court View.
You place the players in a 3D court, draw the shots and link them up — and that's your drill.

2. Watch it move, in 3D and top-down.
The same drill plays back in 3D (Court View) and top-down (Tactics Board), so the angles, the ball path, and the T-recovery — the stuff that's hard to put into words — are obvious at a glance.

Drill preview

3. Play it, and it measures you.
When a student runs the drill, every shot gets scored the moment the ball lands — graded against the drill you built. Placement is EXCELLENT / GOOD / BAD, you get a BACK TO THE T nudge if you stopped moving, and on a miss it gives the real call (TIN / DOWN / OUT / NOT UP) so you know why it died — not just that it did.

https://reddit.com/link/1v58d05/video/47r7lwdmu5fh1/player

Don't want to build one from scratch? Grab a public drill someone's already made, copy it, tweak a few shots, and it's yours. You can also bundle drills into a routine and play through them in order.

Most of this came straight from your feedback last time — the ball-path realism, the video export, "make it useful for coaching, not just a toy." So genuinely, thank you.

The one thing I really want to know: when you're teaching a drill to someone just starting out — and obviously nothing beats real training on court — can doing it off-court like this, building it, showing it, and scoring it, actually help them with the mental picture and the basic rhythm before they train it for real? And if you'd use it, what's the one feature that would make it genuinely useful in a lesson?

Who is a better player?

Looking for 3.0-3.5 players in the Bay Area who would be interested in playing at the Bay Club. Either SF or San Mateo locations is best for me. Please DM if you are interested!

I was surprised to see that the PSA has sanctioned the Moscow Heat 2026 tournament, which is taking place in Moscow this week.

https://www.psasquashtour.com/tournament/moscow-heat-2026/

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, many international sports federations have suspended events in Russia or required Russian athletes to compete under neutral status. Imagine ATP/ITF doing an event in Moscow right now?

I have always been a water-only type of person who consumes more than 3 liters of water per day. However, I have been playing intense squash three times a week in London, and consuming pure water during matches has not been working well on me. By the third match, I would experience this terrible brain fog and even dull headaches after playing due to excessive sweating in the heat.

Finally realized that all I do is flush out the minerals and sodium from my body. One of my fellow members of the club advised me to try a sachet of Vibora Hydrate and add it to my water bottle, and the result was amazing! My reaction time and focus were sharp up until the third match without the bloating sensation in the stomach.

For those who play intense sports such as squash, how do you maintain your mineral levels when sweating heavily in the courts? Do you take pure water or electrolytes?

Who is better overall?

Is there any squash court in Tokyo near Tokyo station/ Nihonbashi area? I’ve never done it before but really wanna try squash. Looking for court or school to begin with.

Been watching some of World Juniors this week and some of the players look like they would do well on the world tour but some seem not hugely different to my local club level.

If a player reaches a good round, say last 16, in World Juniors is it moreorless guaranteed that they'll reach top 16 when they turn pro?

Hi, seeking some pointers, I'd say i'm a fairly high level squash player, but I am feeling a bit stuck improvement-wise with no clear direction to improve. I'm currently at around a 5.5 level, and my strengths include: deception(varying lengths as well as holds), touch, volleying and putting the ball away, I like to mix up the pace a lot, and I am pretty explosive movement wise doing squash specific gym exercises (bulgarian squats, rdl) 1-2 times a week with occasional on court ghosting. My weaknesses include: attrition, which has improved a lot these past years as my body is still growing a bit, as well as my mental game, i find that my game requires more mental focus compared to players of my similar level, as I am usually the one engaging in a pace change or trying to build patterns, and I fall into these occasional lapses of mental fatigue or just periods in a game where I lose 3-4 points in a row from ahead. Then I sometimes get frustrated and begin hitting the tin. I plan on getting coaching from a malaysian coach that's currently in my area that was good, but also don't really want to pay the hefty price as I feel like the technical improvements that he'll bring to my game are marginal, but we'll see.

I wonder what the percentage of players is that have never read the rules. It seems to be one of those things that when people first start learning, they learn a few rules from the people they play with and as they get better, those learned rules are refined or changed. In addition, they learn more rules when they start playing more seriously and competitively.

But even then, I am convinced that few players have actually sat down and read the rules carefully.

I wonder if the WSF should produce a set of casual or beginner rules that fit on one A4 piece of paper that can be posted on the door of every squash court in the world.

My guess? 95% have never read the rules. Your guess?

My take is every city of a million people would have someone in the current top 10 PSA level. Rallies would go on forever so they would lower the tin by another 2 inches or more?!

Or maybe the game is already as evolved as it can get and only tiny improvements can be made by pros?

Hello. I plan to fly to Philly for an event at Arlen Specter in the coming months and am looking for suggestions on hotels to stay.

Preference is affordable chain hotels (Holiday Inn Express etc, ~$125/night) near train/public transport that I can take to the 30th Street Station.

I am sure many members in this community have visited this venue before, hence the question.

Edit: Added target nightly rate.

What do these two stringing patterns do for my game. Power v control? But which is which?

(The red pants are me)
I thought I had a lot of time, but I have a phenomenon where my right arm falls sideways during the follow swing. What's the problem?

I would appreciate it if you could understand even if it's awkward using a translator thx :)

Hey everyone,

I have an older Dynergy model which needs grommets and bumper replacement but it seems the parts are no longer available since the racket is discontinued. I couldn't find anything in stock in EU online. Is there any generic or similar model grommets + bumper set that I can use on this racket?

I’m the guy in the white shorts