Serious Squash Skill Challenge #4: The Half Butterfly

Here is my 4th skill challenge. I hit a forehand figure 8 into the front left corner and then a backhand one into the back right. Believe it or not but this exercise is much more challenging than the 4 corner butterfly figure 8 volley routine. Oh and did I mention that you get to see me mess up in this one! I told you it's a tough one and I have trouble keeping it going for 10 or more shots. It's certainly a challenging exercise for me. I give it a 9 out of 10 for difficulty.  If it's easy for you, wow I'd be seriously impressed! Good luck!

Serious Squash Skill Challenge #3: Backhand Figure 8 Volleys

Here is my 3rd skill challenge. It's the backhand version of #2 and it's quite a bit tougher. I would give this one a difficulty rating of 8 out of 10. How many can you do?

It takes a lot of forearm strength and control to do this skill challenge. As with many of the skill challenges I'm posting you also need to be able to adapt your swing with your wrist to hit a variety of targets when your body is often not in the ideal position. I will post challenge #4 over the weekend which is one of the most challenging exercises I can do. Good luck!

Solo Skill Challenge #2: Forehand Figure 8 Volleys

I hope you enjoyed my 1st skill challenge. Today I am posting #2. In this exercise I am doing figure 8 volleys but with only forehand shots. You may think this is easier because I'm only hitting forehands, but try it and you'll quickly see that it is not.

Here you go. Have a look. Can you do this? If you can you have excellent control on your volley. If you can't, try on the bounce or regular figure 8 volleys first and build up to it.

I hope you enjoyed this exercise. I'm open to suggestions for the name of the exercise. I have a lot more skill challenges coming soon! I will post #3 later this week. Follow my Youtube channel at cchsquashpro for more skill challenges and other squash related videos.

Serious Squash Elite Skill Challenge #1

Over the years I've spent so many hours hitting squash balls and in particular solo hitting that I have come up with a number of unique skill challenges. Some are for warming up while others are just incredibly challenging. When I was a boy I spent a lot of time trying to get to 100 figure 8 volleys. Most of us have also seen or attempted the 4 corner figure 8 volley drill which I first learned about 12-13 years ago. So today I am posting my first video of a skill challenge to Youtube. I will continue posting a new challenge every so often so follow my Youtube channel at cchsquashpro.

Here's my first skill challenge. Let me know how many you can do. I don't have a name for it, maybe I should come up with one..how about the backhand butterfly? I'm open to suggestions. You can only backhand volleys and you hit in the front right corner and then turn around and hit it into the back left corner (if you're a righty). And for the record I got dizzy after 7 or 8 of them! Stay tuned for the elite skill challenge #2.