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Squash (terms & technique): In a 'boast' you hit the side wall first: often as a rescue from the back corner. Controlling the 'T' (the junction of the lines in the middle) lets you reach every ball fastest. The high time-buying ball is the lob. On obstruction there is a let. The awarded point is a stroke. The hard attacking shot is the kill. With precise 'lengths' you push the opponent into the back corners: away from the T. All four walls may be used. Good to know: The boast uses the side wall as a cushion: ideal for reaching the front wall from a corner. From the T you reach all four corners fastest: hold it and you control the game. A good lob sails over the opponent into the back corner. On accidental obstruction the rally is replayed as a 'let'. A 'stroke' gives the obstructed player the point outright. The kill aims low just above the tin: almost impossible to retrieve. Patient length play along the walls forces the opponent to the back: the basis of all squash tactics. Front, side and back walls are allowed: only the ceiling is not.
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Boast
In a 'boast' you hit the side wall first: often as a rescue from the back corner.
💡 Did you know? The boast uses the side wall as a cushion: ideal for reaching the front wall from a corner.
T
Controlling the 'T' (the junction of the lines in the middle) lets you reach every ball fastest.
💡 Did you know? From the T you reach all four corners fastest: hold it and you control the game.
Lob
The lob high onto the front wall drops slowly into the back corner: buying time to get back to the T.
💡 Did you know? A good lob sails over the opponent into the back corner.
Let
A let is played when a player can't reach the ball because of the opponent; the rally is replayed with no score.
💡 Did you know? On accidental obstruction the rally is replayed as a 'let'.
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