![]() I started off with red and white dot balls.Įven now, as a coach, I still don’t know the progression ball system. They worked well, and people understood the system. I agree with Paul Selby that changing the old system of yellow dot, white dot, red dot and blue dot balls was a terrible idea. ![]() The single dot receives (more-or-less) no advertising so people don’t even know it’s available to buy. And this isn’t just people new to squash, but also people who have been playing for years. ![]() The major problem is that people don’t know there’s an option. Juniors will certainly improve considerably quicker if they use an appropriate ball. Imagine playing tennis with a rock… I don’t think people would come back to try a second time! New people come to squash because they constantly hear that it’s the best and most enjoyable workout they can get, yet when they actually step on court with their mate, they can’t get a proper workout because the ball doesn’t bounce! But the double dot ball is really beginning to annoy people now!Ĭoaches like myself, Nick Taylor and Paul Selby get frustrated seeing the majority of players using the wrong ball – therefore struggling to have decent rallies, which in turn puts them off playing squash again. This is a topic which has been written about several times here on Squash Mad in the last decade, with readers weighing in with a flurry of condemnatory comments. The slavish choice of using a double dot ball for every standard of play has gone on for far too long.
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