Forget The Nick! Here's How To Hit The Perfect Length

[@arolene]

I like how you explained hitting a three-wall boast to a side wall nick, covering opponent's backhand drive while anticipating a cross court, and hoping for a volley return. Good strategy! Please tell us more tricks!

[@BetterSquash]

Thanks for your comment. I'm trying to make more videos, so hopefully the future ones will contain all my tricks.

[@nietelnmaster]

So in conclusion, it is better to use overhit drives to keep stretching your opponent worst case, but maybe hit a winner if there is contact with the sidewall near the corner? This seems awfully close to what I'm doing purely instinctively.

[@BetterSquash]

I wouldn't put it like that exactly. Overhitting might end up having the same second bounce as the shorter ones and give your opponent more time, but I would be more mindful of where the ball hits the back wall. It's good that you re doing that instinctively, but it never hurts to be more aware of what you are doing, so that the days when things don't seem to be going well, you can observe and adapt.

[@samwatts8172]

Like it. Speaks sense. Should probs cover 'work' on the call for helping make the magic contact in the back corner

[@BetterSquash]

Thanks for your comment. I've covered back corner skills in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6unlXeprKeMd6ssi=0QfArbm20mJHY0ke

[@captainzork6109]

Those slo-mo examples are definitely shots I've had played against me! They always seemed so lucky. Like, their angle was off and they hit the side wall... but it was off in just the right way! But it might've been skill actually There's also a phenomenon where the ball seems to go into the side wall at the end. So I'm waiting for it to come back out, but it just warps space and keeps going at an ever more shallow angle until it reaches the backwall nick. There's only one or two players in my club who seems to do those Thanks for making me realize this is clearly something I should experiment with and practice on at some point (:

[@BetterSquash]

The more you practise, the luckier you get! I use the word "intention" on purpose. You really should have this sort of shot in mind when hitting to the back.