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Ok. The ready position in Squash is, you want to keep the racquet up. Ok? But it's more
than that. If you know that the ball, if you're not sure where it's going to be going, you
want to keep the racquet somewhat in front of your sternum. Ok? Because if the racquet's
over here, and the ball comes to your backhand side, a lot of players have a tendency to
reach across without turning their body. So, if you keep it somewhat in front of your sternum
at all times, you're always ready to turn. So, you can see, if the racquet's in front
of me, I turn and it's natural. The racquet's where it needs to be. That's why this is very
important. If the ball comes to my forehand, I turn. But if I have the racquet too close
to my body, then I'm going to be poking at the ball. And if I have it too far to one
side, I don't get my shoulder turned. So, the ball comes--if my racquet's over here,
unless I'm a highly skilled player, if I'm a newer player, I might just open my shoulders
and swat at the ball with the upper body, not getting the hips and shoulders into it.
So, the idea is to have the racquet in the ready position at all times, so you can turn.
So you can see, I turn. I turn. So, that's the idea. So, if I hit the ball to myself,
ready position, the racquet's right where I need it to be at all times, if I keep it
here. So, the ready position is very, very important--to be somewhat in front of the
sternum and right in front. So, this way, no matter where the ball comes, you're able
to deal with it.