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Missing Squash?

All of us are itching to get back to the squash courts post the corona virus pandemic. Most of us have never stayed away from the game since the time we started playing. We all know how addictive the game is, so it’s natural to miss all the action. But there are many athletes, especially young teens that may be getting into depression as their daily routine revolved so much around squash training and the courts. They ate, drank and slept squash. I happen to speak to a 14 year old squash enthusiast whose mother was upset that he was missing squash “badly”. I asked him what he was missing the most. And he replied that he was missing his training. Well, do we really have to MISS training during this time? Does squash training only mean doing drills and fitness inside the court? We all know that’s not the case. There are multiple aspects to training and unfortunately, most of these aspects are largely ignored during our regular “intense” training programs. So how do we keep our train...