I get why people do burpees, and I get why coaches ask athletes to do them. Hopefully this video can help you "Find Your Why Not". 🤓 Be the change you want to see in the strength & fitness world. And LMK if you need help 🤗 Love Coach Derek.

I'll drop my vote in after a couple member comments, so post now! It could be anything - from cones 🔺(for agility or court movement) to a barbell 🏋🏽‍♂️ (for strength or power) to a piece of technology📱(for planning, organization, coaching, or otherwise) 🥳. DV

First off, congrats to Derek and team for building such an awesome community and classroom 👏🏻 After watching Nick’s ghosting video, I noticed he uses a closed stance for the front and back corners but open stance for the side volleys (I assume for speed of getting there to cut it off). I generally use more open stance on my forehand especially on a drive as balance feels good and more importantly it’s cleaner (ball doesn’t catch the side wall). But I almost always do a closed stance on any backhand shot as it ensures I get my back facing the front wall plus it gives me the stability needed to execute the shot. Looking to be more deliberate in my choice, undo some bad habits and ultimately understand benefits of one over the other and in which situations. My son and I just had a good discussion about this which made me curious as to what other members are doing, when and why? Thanks for your input!

I'm giving away an $800 custom coaching package to ONE member after reaching 100 members 🔥. Cool, right? The best Squash Strength & Fitness community on Skool is getting bigger and better everyday thanks to it's members 🥳. So, if you know someone who plays squash and either likes strength & fitness (or would like to like it 🫣), share this page with them and have them click JOIN GROUP. And not only will they get awesome strength & fitness programs and a fun community that talks squash, they'll also have a chance at that awesome prize mentioned above. FULL RULES HERE: ONE - All Squash Strength & Fitness members who play squash, have a home club, AND have a Club Locker, Squash Levels or another type of rank qualify for this give away. If you don't play, this gift is not for you. TWO - The winner will be chosen by random draw based on the following ballot system: 1. All members automatically earn one ballot in a random draw for simply being a member, and 2. Any member who invites another member (who then joins this group) earns an additional ballot. E.g., if member a invites 4 of their friends and 2 join the group, they will have 3 ballots in the draw (1 for being a member, and 2 more for having 2 of their invites join the group). See picture for how-to-share. THREE - The 100th member will be the final player eligible for this prize. Let's spread the love and get this prize delivered! Coach DV

Analogies are awesome because they connect a less-know or abstract thing (e.g., the wrist action in a forehand drive) to something more widely known or concrete thing (e.g., skipping a stone). They help us understand new or complicated things in a direct and simple way. Cool. 😎 OFFENCE vs. DEFENCE is one of the best analogies to better understand squash strength & fitness training. Offence is the fun, sexy, highlight-able stuff in your training. It's the obvious effort. It's the hard work, court time, solo work, pressure sessions, strength training, conditioning runs. Think "slapping a cross-court nick". You can hear the cheers. Offence is what everyone WANTS TO DO, TRYS TO DO BETTER, AND EXPECTS (to some degree, anyway). Most schedules are built for offence. But left to its own devices, offence becomes the attention-seeking kid who distracts you while sucking up all of your energy, leaving you frazzled and confused. You can see this in the vast majority of ambitious players who are doing A LOT but are seemingly stuck and struggling. Enter D-FENCE (👏 👏 👏). Can you guess at what kind of stuff equals defence in your training? Comment below!