The "T" in Squash: Stance

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O.k, now let's say I've hit a backhand that's sticking, virtually sticking on the wall, which is called a very tight shot. So, if I've hit the ball really tight, I know my opponent really has no option except to go back down the wall. If the ball is away from the wall, your opponent has the ability to hit a cross court or a boast or a lot of different shots, the further away from the wall it is. So, if the ball is basically stuck on the wall, so, if I'm at the T and I've seen that my shots sticking to the wall, I'm going to be cheating over a lot cause I know he's going to have to hit the ball back down the wall. And, since I've hit it so tight, he's probably not going to be able to do a very good job of it which means the balls going to be coming off the wall, and it's going to be coming kind of weak. So, I'm looking to attack that ball, so that's where I was going to stand in relation to the T. Now, if I've hit a real weak shot, or not, let's say not a weak shot, but it's a rouse, it's away from the wall, I'm going to stand closer to the T because my opponent can cross court it. So, I don't want to be stuck all the way over here and then he cross courts it, and then I have to cover this huge area over there. See the T is like a teeter-totter so if I go too far in one direction that means the opposite side is way open up, if I'm too far back that means the front court is huge. If I'm too far up I'm venerable to a shot in the back court. So the more that you really learn what each shot, the consequences of each shot in relation to where you stand, your game will improve.

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