Before the weekend training took off I used to do solo sessions early on a Saturday morning, and I'd use SquashSkills 'Test yourself' to help measure my progress as a way of motivating me to head to the courts on my own and giving a purpose to the sessions so I wouldn't get bored just trying to hit a length over and over again. Then once I'd found a couple of other people to join the weekend sessions we used some SquashSkills' 'Threes' suggestions - the rotating drives variations are firm favourites!

After 15 years off competitive squash I was fit but not squash fit. My core and leg strength needed some serious work for all the lunging that came as a big shock to the system. I needed a squash specific workout, so the Strength/Stability Circuits were perfect. By the time I started my second season my fitness became my biggest strength and I was beating people technically better than me because I had stamina. The strength exercises have also undoubtedly helped me stay injury free, touch wood, so I've been able to play continuously without any large gaps or set backs.

Squash was such a big part of my childhood that it is more than just a sport to me. I even find the sound of squash strangely soothing. It's one of the only sports that is as humble as it is exclusive. In the Surrey League you can play a club match in a glorified shed with cans of beer from a cool box one week followed by a three course dinner and rubbing shoulders with some of the world's top players the next.