Squash Drills

• Better to practice hard for 30-60 minutes than to fool around in the court  for two hours.
• Your target areas should be smaller, as it will improve accuracy.
• Accuracy and consistency is important.
• If there is an even number of strokes in a set rally, then each player will play the same shot each time. If there is an odd number of strokes each player will play a different stroke.
• Practices should be played at the fast pace or according to the  standard of the players.
• Both players should feed for a specified time or number of shots, and rotate in  practices.
• All practices should be performed on forehand and backhand side.
• All practices mentioned above assume a right-handed player. 

• Lob serve should be hit high on the front wall, aiming to hit the sidewall near the back of the court and drop to the floor near the back wall.
• Hard serve is hit just above the cut line on the front wall, aiming to hit the side wall, low down, just behind the service box. It can also be aimed to a length straight at the opponent. 

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• Fifteen lob serves to target area at back of court from each service box.
• Fifteen hard serves, aiming for target areas near the side wall, half-court line and center of back quarter. 

Forehand & Backhand Drives

• Ball should be aimed to go close to the side wall.
• First bounce should be around the back of the service box.

•  Consecutive drives should be aimed for a decreasing target area, progressing from the whole back quarter to the width of the service box, then a narrow channel along the side wall, or the service box.
• Consecutive drives to land the ball behind service box.

• One player can play only straight shots-short or long hard or soft, may only boast if necessary from back corners.
• One player may only play straight length shots, i.e. loses point if ball bounces in front of short line, or wrong side of court. With increasing accuracy, may use only width of service box. 

• Set up easy shot, hit X-court for ball to die in back corner.
• Two straight shots then X-court drive for ball to die in back corner. 

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• You should hit the ball fast on top of bounce.
• Your aim should be the low on front wall.  The ball will die in the nick near the front wall.
• It is easier to play from front of court. 

• You should set up high bouncing straight shot and try to hit it fast into nick. Then try straight and  X-court shot. Straight Short Kill-Pairs
• 'A' player feeds from behind, short straight, 'B' player tries to kill into nick.
• A serves, B plays short X-court, A kills short straight shot into nick.
• A serves, B plays boast, A kills short straight shot into nick.
• As above, rally should continue if possible after kill shot, with A playing short straight kill off every short ball. 

• Ball should be aimed on nearest side wall, so that it lands in nick on opposite side wall near the front.
• Alternative two wall boast is aimed to die after hitting front wall low.
• Defensive boast is played from behind opponent and attacking boast usually from in front. 

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• As new comer or lower standard of play drop shots are best played off a short ball or boast because of accuracy needed.
• The  experienced players play them from anywhere on the court.
• Ideally ball should hit front wall first, then side wall near floor, or into nick.
• A straight drop is effective as it does not have so far to travel and dies quickly. 

• You should set up easy short straight shot. Then drop it into the front, then the side wall.

• Feed shot onto front wall, side wall, then drop.
• Play two or more length drives, drop from behind short line. 

• A cross-court drop should hit the front wall, then side wall near the floor. The shot is effective if played accurately, but will bounce out into middle of court because of the angle if played badly. 

• Feed easy straight shot, X-court drop or reverse angle, or short angle.
• Feed shot onto front wall, side wall, play X-court drop, reverse angle or short angle.

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• The ball should be aimed high on front wall.
• The ball should land behind the service box, so that it dies into the back wall.
• Cross-court lob should be high enough over the T so that it cannot be intercepted by the opponent on the volley.
• Straight lob should be close to side wall. 

• Feed short shot, lob straight to drop in back of court.
• Feed short shot, lob X-court.
• Boast from in front of short line, lob straight or X-court. Boast from in front of short line, drop, lob straight or X- court.
• Boast, lob X-court, straight drive, boast, lob X-court, etc.
• Boast, lob straight. straight drive, boast, lob straight, etc. 

• If you are volleying straight to a length the ball then it should run close to side wall.
• Ball should slide into the side wall near the back of the service box.
• Ball should bounce first around the back of the service box. Second bounce near the back wall.
• Second bounce near the back wall.
• Cross court length volleys should die in opposite back corner. 

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