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Coaching PHILOSOPHY
WE HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

WHY IS COACHINg
PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANT?

Having a coaching philosophy is important because it can make us better coaches. It makes us examine what we do and why we do it, and as a result we can really establish what the core values of our programme are. The philosophy you can see below has evolved over several years. Having had the good fortune to work with many excellent players and inspirational coaches (thank you to all of you!) has really shaped our thinking and ideas. Our coaching philosophy can be summed up as;

OUR COACHING
PHILOSOPHY

Success is helping people to take up squash as a sport for life, where they can strive for improvement and play with enjoyment, whilst developing determination, perseverance and resilience at the same time. We aim to achieve this whilst striving to create an environment where the moral values of honesty, loyalty and respect are encouraged and expected.

OUR
PROMISE

In view of our coaching philosophy and to stay true to its principles, we aim to make a positive impact on every player that we coach. Above all, we aim to provide the best coaching service that we can, regardless of age or standard. With this in mind we promise all of our clients an individualised and focused service without parallel.
We will make every effort to find new ways to teach every client in a way that helps them learn as quickly as possible. Finding new coaching methods to become more effective in coaching is key to our coaching approach.
We guarantee that we will be reliable in all forms of communication and coaching. We aim to be 15 minutes early for each session that we run and will always do what we can to support our players.
We keep up-to-date on new coaching ideas by research, and collaboration with other coaches. This, alongside our experience as a player and coach for 30 years, has helped hone our technical, tactical and psychological knowledge.

INNOVATIVE

A key aim of ours is to find new ways to teach and develop skills, so that every client learns as quickly as possible. Finding new methods to become more effective as coaches is vital to our approach.

PROGRESSION

We ensure that each player works at an appropriate level for their ability, so that everyone can achieve success. We do this by encouraging players to set "Personal Bests" and beat themselves, as well as others.

PLAYER-CENTRED APPROACH

In our sessions, the needs and wants of the player are our primary consideration. We encourage athletes to take ownership of their learning, to develop leadership, independence and decision-making.

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

We focus on providing our players with positive feedback not negative, because we want our players to focus on the way it should feel. We also value and praise effort over talent, to encourage our players to reach their potential.

SELF-DETERMINATION

At Squashdynamics, our players are allowed to make choices and decisions over their squash. We do this by encouraging players to set their own goals, and take ownership of both their practise and matchplay.

GAME SENSE

This method helps players develop problem solving in a game context. Games are modified by adapting either the scoring or rules, the playing area or the restrictions on the player.

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