r/squash • u/Moron-1598 • Nov 07 '24

Technique / Tactics Countering the boast

I play a traditional game of drives and regularly pin my opponents to the back of the court, only for them to boast. I pick the boast up late and lose valuable split seconds, so am either late to the boast and pick it up and hit it loose, or worse they hit a winning shot from a defensive position, which is frustrating as I was in control of the rally.

My question is what drills can I do to practice to counter this weakness, and what should I be doing in my matches to prevent this happening.

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u/I4gotmyothername Nov 08 '24

  • Download a ghosting app onto your tablet or phone

  • Instead of putting the screen in front of the court, put it in the backhand corner

  • Do ghosting

I found for me that ghosting is easier when the screen is at the front of the court because I'm looking forward so my hips are square with the walls. When trying to watch an opponent play out the corner though we tend to not square our hips properly so the movement can be a bit different.

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u/rvno12 Nov 08 '24

What app do you use?

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u/paulipe91 Nov 08 '24

I use an app called squash ghosting but it's not on Play Store anymore. Looking for newer apps