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email DerekJThorpe@hotmail.com
call Mobile 07887 560601

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Learn How to Play Squash

If you would like to improve your squash, gain new skills, or even try out squash for the first time, call Squash Coach Derek for a lesson.

Derek coaches squash at Radlett, Hatfield Next Generation, Stevenage, Northwood Riverside esporta and other clubs throughout Hertfordshire, Essex, Beds and London / Middlesex.

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Derek won the 2008 Vets of GB Championship.
Photos and Report . GB Vets website

Typical Coaching Activities
Individual or Group sessions include

Initial Assessment
Understanding the rules
Movement and footwork
Techniques of hitting the ball
Individual Shot Practices
and Pressure Sessions
Developing good timing
Match Play - tactics and strategy
Fitness and training
Psychology
Development Plans

Beginner's Lessons
It will only take the average person 4 lessons with squash coach Derek, from absolute beginner, to be able to take part in their Club League, and be capable of playing matches against others.

RADAR GUN CHALLENGE:

John White holds the record for the fastest shot in squash, timed at 172 mph at Canary Wharf two years ago. Every challenger at Jubilee Place on Friday will be timed by the radar gun.
(Radar Gun Top Speeds 2008: Willstrop 127mph, Beachill 122, Pilley 120, Walker 108)

Training Camps
If you would like to join 1/2 day or whole day training sessions, read more HERE

Courses
Would you like your children to learn squash after school or in school holidays? I can organise individual or group lessons throughout the year at times that suit you. Rackets and balls supplied.

England Squash Licenced Squash Coach and CRB checked.

email DerekjThorpe@hotmail.com
tel. 01923-266722 or mobile 07887-560601

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The Healthiest Sport?
latest research says squash...

BBC Beginner's guide to squash
Squash is a fast-moving game that requires skill, speed and supreme fitness.
The ball can reach speeds of up to 170mph and players can burn off up to 1000 calories per hour of squash - higher than most other sports.

It began in the 19th century and was originally called squash racquets, to distinguish it from the game of racquets.

Harrow School, just outside London, is credited as the game's birthplace - when young pupils who couldn't compete with older boys for space on the proper racquets courts invented their own version using a rubber ball instead of a hard one.

About Derek

Vets of GB Champion 2008 and 2004 - England Team Captain - National Inter-County Champion 2004

British Champion 1998 - Club Champion 14 times - County Champion 6 times

Guinness Book of Records - Squash Marathon 54.75 hours!!

Squash Coach for over 20 years and Qualified Squash referee

Squash Coach - lessons - fitness - squash drills and routines - match practice and preparation

England Squash - Herts Squash - Radlett Squash - Next Generation Hatfield - Odyssey Knebworth
esporta Riverside Northwood - William Penn Rickmansworth - Watford Leisure Centre
Batchwood in St Albans - energie fitness club stevenage - Bushey Grove

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