The "T" in Squash: A Flexible Concept

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"Okay, the T as a flexible concept. What we're going to really think about here, is where should you stand in relation to each shot, in anticipation of each shot. So let's say I'm right here, I'm serving, and I hit a really good lob serve, and I know it's good. So I come to the T. I know my opponent's going to have to hit a weak shot, so I'm going to cheat over to here so I can hopefully intercept his weak shot and attack him. Okay, so that's moving to the T but moving to an advantageous portion of the T so I can attack. Let's say my serve isn't so good or my opponent hits a very strong shot. I have to be ready for him to go cross court. So even though I recover the T off the serve, I have to be ready for him to go cross court because if I try to go over here, like I did when I thought I had the great advantage, he'll easily pass me with that cross court serve return. So that's why the T is a very flexible concept. Let's say my opponent and I are having a nice rally up and down the wall. Well if he's hitting really good length into that back corner, if I'm all the way up here all the time, I'm going to have to run like a mad man to get in that corner so I'm most likely after I hit my shot out of the corner if I hit a nice shot, I'm going to pretty much come to about here so when he hits his next length, I don't have to run the whole length. So that's the idea of the T as a flexible concept. Once I hit a really good length into the corner, well, I'm going to cheat up now, because I know he's going to hit a weak shot, or maybe even hit a boast or a cross court. So the T as a flexible concept is figuring out where to stand that's appropriate to the situation that you're in."