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07 Mar 10
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Using The Back Foot Near Back Of Se...Category: Movement Why play off the back foot when hitting the ball in and around the back of the s... |
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01 Mar 10
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Analyse Your Lengths Using A Scatte...Category: Tactics This pen and paper exercise will help to make you more aware of the length you a... |
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25 Feb 10
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More Space And Time In The Back Cor...Category: Hitting Deep Letting the ball work for you after the back wall by waiting a split second long... |
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11 Feb 10
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The 'Opening' BalanceCategory: Tactics Having created an opening to hit a dying length you have a difficult balance. Hi... |
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09 Feb 10
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Drop Drive Exercise With MovementCategory: Drills Adding movement into your basic drive exercise will challenge both your movement... |
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09 Feb 10
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Attacking And Defensive Length Of D...Category: Hitting Deep Liven up your basic 'drop drive' exercise with some attacking and defe... |
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07 Feb 10
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Forehand Returns From The Backhand ...Category: Serve & Return If you play an opponent who returns serve on his forehand from the backhand side... |
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04 Feb 10
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Return Of Serve ChessCategory: Tactics As you play better opponents they may change their receive position from time to... |
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01 Feb 10
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Speed Around The ClockCategory: Conditioning This is an excellent exercise for developing short sharp bursts of speed about t... |
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29 Jan 10
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Transfer of Weight Into The ShotCategory: Basics Many sports talk about transfer of weight and it is important for us squash play... |
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27 Jan 10
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Hitting A Consistent Length From Th...Category: Drills If you struggle to hit a consistent length from the front of the court, particul... |
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22 Jan 10
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Controlling Your Drops With A Short...Category: The Short Game If you struggle to control the pace of your drop shots then it may help you to p... |
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18 Jan 10
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Court ShortCategory: Tactics The 'T' is the centre of the court width but not the court length. Usu... |
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13 Jan 10
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Where To Take The Ball For Your Bac...Category: Serve & Return To hit a really good backhand return of serve do you take the ball before the si... |
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10 Jan 10
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Cone ShuttlesCategory: Movement This is a simple movement exercise that can be used as a warm up or a speed dril... |
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06 Jan 10
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Grip Up, Grip DownCategory: Miscellaneous Some people hold the racket further up the handle and others prefer to grip furt... |
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04 Jan 10
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Keeping Your Wrist Quiet When Playi...Category: The Short Game Keeping the wrist quiet will help you with your drop shots. A firmer wrist will ... |
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22 Dec 09
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Back Wall Boasts - Making Your Mind...Category: Tactics When you have forced your opponent to play a back wall boast life you have lots ... |
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18 Dec 09
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Pairs Ladder DrillCategory: Conditioning Squash movement involves lots of side to side steps and changes of direction. Wo... |
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15 Dec 09
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Serving To A Left HanderCategory: Serve & Return As a right hander you should generally serve from the left hand service box when... |
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13 Dec 09
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Ability And Effort To Reach The Bal...Category: Rules and Equipment If there is interference but the player could not have reached the ball should h... |
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10 Dec 09
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Right Hander Verses Left Hander Str...Category: Tactics Here is a classic right and left hander rally. Tactically there will be lots of ... |
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03 Dec 09
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Attacking LobsCategory: Hitting Deep It doesn’t matter how good you are, players always find really high balls diffic... |
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30 Nov 09
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Rear-court KillsCategory: The Short Game For most players this is one of the most difficult shots to hit. The flip side i... |
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26 Nov 09
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Racket Leg Reach In The Front Foreh...Category: Movement When under pressure and stretching into the front forehand corner it is often be... |
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20 Nov 09
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Margins Of Error When Playing A Dro...Category: The Short Game When you have maneuvered your opponent out of position behind you this will allo... |
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18 Nov 09
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An Unofficial Use For The Service L...Category: Hitting Deep Officially the service line is only in play for the serve. However you can use i... |
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16 Nov 09
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Judging The Ball In The Back From T...Category: Hitting Deep The earlier you can read what the ball will do in the back corner the more time ... |
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09 Nov 09
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Lateral Ladder DrillsCategory: Conditioning Squash movement involves lots of side to side steps and changes of direction. Us... |
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06 Nov 09
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Did You Know?Category: Rules and Equipment Some interesting and bizarre facts about squash. As Michael Caine never said, &q... |
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01 Nov 09
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Let Please - Interference Of The Ba...Category: Rules and Equipment Here's a great example of a common marginal 'let or stroke' decis... |
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29 Oct 09
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Good Rally Highlighting Two Wall Bo...Category: The Short Game When you get it right the 2 wall attacking boast can be devastating. It is risky... |
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26 Oct 09
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Forehand Kill VariationCategory: The Short Game When you get a loose half court ball on the forehand a straight kill is often go... |
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19 Oct 09
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Defensive BoastCategory: Tactics Why not use a high defensive boast when you are in real trouble. It is unlikely ... |
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17 Oct 09
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Let Please - Freedom To Hit The Fro...Category: Rules and Equipment Here is an interesting refereeing situation about allowing direct access to hit ... |
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13 Oct 09
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Hitting A Tight Ball Off The Side W...Category: Miscellaneous When we are playing squash what we are trying to do is put the ball right on the... |
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06 Oct 09
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Front Foot ForwardCategory: Basics By putting your front foot forward when hitting the ball it turns your chest to ... |
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04 Oct 09
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Lob WidthCategory: Hitting Deep Learn where to aim your cross-court lobs and what factors do you need to conside... |
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28 Sep 09
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Lob ServesCategory: Serve & Return Getting your lob serves right will put you in command of most of the rallies. He... |
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26 Sep 09
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Basic Ladder Agility ExercisesCategory: Conditioning Here are some basic ladder exercises to help with your general agility, balance ... |
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21 Sep 09
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Back Wall BoastsCategory: Miscellaneous Hitting the ball off the back wall is usually a last resort but it can get you b... |
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08 Sep 09
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Directing The Serve Using Your Thro...Category: Serve & Return Here is how you can use your throw to help you direct your serve more accurately... |
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05 Sep 09
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Boast, Drive, Drive/VolleyCategory: Drills Here’s a tough drill working on lots of areas of your game, but specifically get... |
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31 Aug 09
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Adjust Your Contact Point For Your ...Category: Hitting Deep As you have probably discovered there are a lot of things that can go wrong when... |
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29 Aug 09
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Balls For The Bin!Category: Rules and Equipment A good racket, comfortable shoes and a warm squash court...why spoil your game p... |
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25 Aug 09
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Total Top Tip - The Sprint CounterCategory: Miscellaneous A little tip to help you keep count of those sets of court sprints! |
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23 Aug 09
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Choke The GripCategory: Miscellaneous Shortening your grip will help you to get the difficult tight balls out of the b... |
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20 Aug 09
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Boast Lob Volley RoutinesCategory: Drills Here is a great exercise to work on your boasts, cross-court lobs and high volle... |
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13 Aug 09
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The Backhand Drop From the Rear Cou...Category: The Short Game PSA no.35 Chris Ryder gives insight into playing the backhand drop from the rear... |
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07 Aug 09
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Extending Your Swing Through the Ba...Category: Hitting Deep How extending and straightening your follow through can help you hit it straight... |
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03 Aug 09
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Using Side Spin On Your volleysCategory: Hitting Deep Learn how and why to hit around the outside of the ball on the volley to pull th... |
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30 Jul 09
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Racket Head Speed and DeceptionCategory: Hitting Deep Elite coach Rchard O'Connor shares his ideas on the importance of racket he... |
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26 Jul 09
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Using Cut To Control Your LengthCategory: Hitting Deep Putting cut on the ball will help you hit a consistently good length |
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25 Jul 09
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A Short But Perfectly Formed RallyCategory: Tactics Played well, squash is a simple game! |
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20 Jul 09
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Racket Handle NOT Ball!Category: Movement If you get too close to the ball in the back corners to have any choice of shot ... |
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16 Jul 09
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Using Cut On Your Drop ShotsCategory: The Short Game In order to get really good control on our drop shots it is good to try and put ... |
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15 Jul 09
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Reaction Ball SquashCategory: Conditioning A great fun way to the reactions of a cat! |
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02 Jul 09
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The Movement after your Backhand Se...Category: Movement Correct volley technique is the secret to clearing your service return. |
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02 Jul 09
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Squash ball Fetch!!Category: Conditioning Simple game for speed training. |
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27 Jun 09
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Service Box Target GameCategory: Drills This is a fun target game for two players to develop their control and accuracy ... |
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22 Jun 09
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Hold On The Back Foot - Richard O'C...Category: Hitting Deep Richard shows you how to get that extra bit of power and deception by transferri... |
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15 Jun 09
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Nick Matthew's Tips on the Forehand...Category: The Short Game A few secrets from world top 5 Nick Matthew about the forehand volley drop! |
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12 Jun 09
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Daryl Selby - Out Of CourtCategory: Interviews An interview with National Racketball Champion Daryl Selby |
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12 Jun 09
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Daryl Selby - Out Of Court Take 1!Category: Interviews An interview with National Racketball Champion Daryl Selby |
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08 Jun 09
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First Step Quickness Drill - Nick M...Category: Conditioning Nick Matthew shows a footwork drill he uses in his warm up which develops his sp... |
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05 Jun 09
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Ghosting Tips from Lewis WaltersCategory: Movement Lewis Walters give you a few key tips on what to concentrate on when ghosting |
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26 May 09
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Solo - Side Wall Drives Progression...Category: Drills Here is a solo drill for drives that you can add to as you improve your control! |
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22 May 09
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Did You Know? Clean Balls PleaseCategory: Miscellaneous Some interesting and bizarre facts about squash. As Michael Caine never said, &q... |
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22 May 09
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Ten Minute Solo RoutineCategory: Drills Just ten minutes of regular solo practice will improve your ball control and con... |
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15 May 09
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Backhand Volley DropCategory: The Short Game A guide to one of the most useful attacking weapons in squash. |
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06 May 09
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Using your Non-Playing Arm.Category: Hitting Deep Your non-playing hand is important - find out why. |
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30 Apr 09
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Spin For ServeCategory: Serve & Return How do you decide who serves first in a match? |
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30 Apr 09
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Total Top Tip - Keeping Your Ball W...Category: Drills A golden nugget to help you on your way! How to make your drops more realistic d... |
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21 Apr 09
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Coping With Difficult ServesCategory: Serve & Return When you are facing a difficult volley return of serve you need to respond defen... |
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06 Apr 09
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Return Of Serve - Quality and Conce...Category: Serve & Return The first shot you play in each rally is so important in determining who will be... |
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05 Apr 09
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Jonathan Kemp - Out Of CourtCategory: Interviews An interview with world top 40 player Jonathan Kemp |
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31 Mar 09
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Being Ready For A Close NickCategory: Hitting Deep When the ball hits near the nick two extremes occur depending on whether the bal... |
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24 Mar 09
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A Perfect Rally!Category: Tactics As Punch said to the audience "That's the way to do it!" |
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17 Mar 09
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TurningCategory: Rules and Equipment This clip explains the 'Turning' rule and why you should ask for a let... |
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13 Mar 09
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Playing The Trickle BoastCategory: Tactics The when and the where to play a Trickle Boast! |
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11 Mar 09
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Nick Matthew - Tour MatesCategory: Interviews Find out some inside info on Nick Matthew's Tour Mates! |
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06 Mar 09
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Lured by the volley drop trap!Category: Tactics This clip looks at the set up of a shot and using it when you really need it! |
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04 Mar 09
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Looking for the Backhand Straight R...Category: Tactics By looking for the obvious service return you can take charge of the rally from ... |
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03 Mar 09
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Chips Challenge - Jonathan KempCategory: Chip's Challenge See how PSA top 30 player Jonathan Kemp gets on in his attempt to beat Mark Chal... |
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02 Mar 09
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Chip's Challenge - LeaderboardCategory: Chip's Challenge My name is Mark Chaloner and I managed 93 on the figure of eight volleys (in one... |
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22 Feb 09
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Reading An Overhit Shot Off The Bac...Category: Basics The ball is faster than all of us! If you can read the ball correctly and move i... |
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22 Feb 09
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The Open and Closed Racket FaceCategory: Basics The differences in the angle of your racket face is explained. |
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20 Feb 09
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Nick Matthew - Out Of CourtCategory: Interviews An interview with 2009 British Champion Nick Matthew. |
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18 Feb 09
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Jonathan Kemp - Tour MatesCategory: Interviews Find out some inside info on Jonathan Kemp's Tour Mates! |
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04 Feb 09
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What Type Of Boast?Category: Tactics This clip delves into the tactical considerations of two wall and three wall boa... |
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01 Feb 09
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Drop Shot Width. Nick or Tight?Category: The Short Game Where should you aim your drop shot exactly? |
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15 Jan 09
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Getting More Height On Your LobsCategory: Hitting Deep Here is a little tip for you if you struggle to get enough height on your lobs. |
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12 Jan 09
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Pre-serve RoutineCategory: Serve & Return Having a routine you go through when you serve will help you consistently serve ... |
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07 Jan 09
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Aussie Cross-courtCategory: Tactics Here is a variation for you in the front backhand corner and it's called th... |
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16 Dec 08
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Split stepCategory: Movement Split Steps help to give you an explosive first movement off the T. |
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10 Dec 08
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Inside SpinCategory: The Short Game Glue your drop shots to the side wall. |
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11 Sep 08
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Solo AnglesCategory: Drills Let the ball bounce. Give yourself time to start! Hit softer and lift ball high... |
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08 Sep 08
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Hand Feed for Back Corner DrivesCategory: Hitting Deep If you want to practice getting the ball out of the back corner, then an excelle... |
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18 Aug 08
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Early Preparation and Good Variatio...Category: Basics What is the common denominator for all of Jenny's shots from the front fore... |
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18 Aug 08
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Boast, Cross-court Drive, Straight ...Category: Drills This pairs routine is excellent for improvers to work on their ball control with... |
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14 Aug 08
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Using Volleys To Create PressureCategory: Tactics One way of putting pressure on your opponent is to hit the ball as early as poss... |
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31 Jul 08
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Lets and Strokes: a simple giudeCategory: Rules and Equipment This area of the rules is really complicated, but let me show you two classic in... |
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28 Jul 08
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Have faithCategory: Hitting Deep Sometimes a good shot does not reap instant rewards, but you must take the posit... |
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24 Jul 08
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Cross-court Short Game Set UpCategory: Drills This is a progression of the cross court short game. In this variation, you are ... |
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21 Jul 08
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Crosscourt Short gameCategory: Drills This is a great fun conditioned game, that's brilliant for your squash.One ... |
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17 Jul 08
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Movement recovery from the front co...Category: Movement Watch how Nicol moves back to the T from the front of the court. She resists th... |
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14 Jul 08
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Solo Practice - Side WallsCategory: Drills Great for racket head and ball control, this drill isn't as easy as it look... |
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10 Jul 08
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How Long To Hit Your DrivesCategory: Hitting Deep Whenever you hit a squash shot, you really need to think about what you are tryi... |
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07 Jul 08
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Pairs Practice - Volley ReturnsCategory: Serve & Return Confidence in your volleys will come from lots practice. This pairs exercise wil... |
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23 Jun 08
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Solo Practice - Door ControlCategory: Drills This drill really develops your ball control. Try to hit the door with your shot... |
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19 Jun 08
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Anticipating cross-court return of ...Category: Tactics There are common patterns of play in squash to be looking out for...One of which... |
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16 Jun 08
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Chips Challenge - Natalie GraingerCategory: Chip's Challenge Hi my name is Natalie Grainger and I am doing Chip's Challenge. Try it and... |
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16 Jun 08
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Solo Practice - Overhit DrivesCategory: Drills Here you are trying to get your drives to hit the back wall before they hit the ... |
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12 Jun 08
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Getting tight balls out of the back...Category: Hitting Deep Here is a little tip to get 'seriously' tight balls out of the back co... |
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09 Jun 08
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Practice Makes Perfect - Lob serveCategory: Serve & Return Make time to practice! |
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09 Jun 08
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Chips Challenge - Dom Lloyd-WalterCategory: Chip's Challenge Hi my name is Dom Lloyd-Walter and I am doing Chip's challenge.. Try it and... |
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05 Jun 08
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Serve Variation - At the bodyCategory: Serve & Return A great variation to your normal serve is to hit the ball into your opponent’s b... |
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02 Jun 08
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Chosing When To Go ShortCategory: The Short Game Watch this rally between Natalie Grainger and Laura Lengthorn-Massaro, and note ... |
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29 May 08
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Service Return BasicsCategory: Serve & Return Your first shot of each rally is the most important as it will likely decide who... |
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26 May 08
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Which Part Of the 'T'Category: Movement Your exact position on the T should vary from shot to shot. It will be dictated ... |
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22 May 08
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Figure 8 Speed Drill - Mark Chalone...Category: Movement To set up the figure-of-eight speed work drill…start in the front corner…hold th... |
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15 May 08
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Introduction to BoastsCategory: The Short Game When we play the ball off the sidewall, and then onto the front wall, it is call... |
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12 May 08
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How Wide To Hit Your Cross-court Sh...Category: Tactics I'm going to talk to you about the width of your cross-court shots. |
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08 May 08
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Good Serve BasicsCategory: Serve & Return A good serve should hit the sidewall to make it harder for our opponent to play ... |
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05 May 08
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Get A Grip!Category: Basics Squash is a fast game so we don’t have time to change grip from forehand to back... |
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01 May 08
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Topspin Forehand DropCategory: The Short Game Hi, I'm Steve Townsend and I'm going to talk to you about playing a to... |
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28 Apr 08
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Service RulesCategory: Serve & Return You begin the rally with a serve. When you start serving you can choose to serve... |
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24 Apr 08
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Backhand Serve - Steve TownsendCategory: Serve & Return Hi, I'm Steve Townsend and I'd like to give you a few tips on the back... |
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21 Apr 08
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Backhand LobCategory: Hitting Deep The lob is a fantastic shot for getting out of trouble and back into the rally. |
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17 Apr 08
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Gripping a RacketCategory: Rules and Equipment How to grip a squash racket |
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14 Apr 08
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Forehand DriveCategory: Hitting Deep The straight forehand drive is the most common way to get the ball into back for... |
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10 Apr 08
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Boast, Crosscourt, Straight RoutineCategory: Drills This is a progression of the standard boast, x-court drive, straight drive rou... |
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10 Apr 08
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Channel Game with Volley DropCategory: Drills This game encourages you to build a rally and pick the correct ball to attack sh... |
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03 Apr 08
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Channel Length GameCategory: Drills This is very closed drill to help improve your straight drive and straight volle... |
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31 Mar 08
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Boast and Drive RoutineCategory: Drills The rear court player boasts both sides whilst the forecourt player drives strai... |
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27 Mar 08
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Channel GamesCategory: Drills Channel games challenge your ability to keep the ball straight and tight to the ... |
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24 Mar 08
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Serve and MoveCategory: Serve & Return Once you feel you have good control of the serve then you can develop this to hi... |
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20 Mar 08
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Shoe GameCategory: Drills This is played as per a standard length game but with an added target; all balls... |
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17 Mar 08
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Timed DrivesCategory: Drills Set a stopwatch to 60 seconds and see how many drives you can hit into the targe... |
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13 Mar 08
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PracticingCategory: Drills In most other sports matches are interspersed with training sessions, which are ... |
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10 Mar 08
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Squash Court MarkingsCategory: Rules and Equipment A video showing the markings and areas of the squash court. |
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06 Mar 08
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Solo PracticeCategory: Drills Solo practice is an important part of improving your shots. It allows you time ... |
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28 Feb 08
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Forehand DropCategory: The Short Game The drop shot is the most direct way to put the ball tight into the front corner... |
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24 Feb 08
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T PostureCategory: Movement You know by now, that we want to be on the T, but let’s look at that in more det... |
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21 Feb 08
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Chips Challenge - Chris FullerCategory: Chip's Challenge Hi my name is Chris Fuller and I am doing Chip's challenge. |
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18 Feb 08
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Backhand Flick Out of TroubleCategory: Hitting Deep When under pressure in the front backhand corner, a well played straight flick c... |
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11 Feb 08
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Move Your OpponentCategory: Tactics You can make it hard for your opponent by putting him or her in one corner and t... |
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07 Feb 08
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Backhand Drop ShotCategory: The Short Game Once we have our opponent stuck behind us a drop shot is a great way to move our... |
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04 Feb 08
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Backhand DriveCategory: Hitting Deep A straight backhand drive is the most common way to get the ball into the back b... |
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24 Jan 08
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3 Racket Speed Drill - Mark Chalone...Category: Movement Speed drills require consistency of times, control of movement and lowering your... |
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21 Jan 08
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Forehand Lob - Fiona GeavesCategory: Hitting Deep One of the tips I’d like to show you is you actual approach to the ball. This is... |
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03 Jan 08
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Introduction to Total SquashCategory: Interviews This is a short guide to help you get the best from the total squash site. |
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