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Introduction
Start with the academy’s approach to learning, preparation and purposeful practice.
Nick’s In Squash · Behind the Ball Academy
A lifetime of coaching.Your next level of squash.
Coach Nick’s Behind the Ball academy brings original coaching videos, purposeful practice and tools to review your game into one Android app.
Official Android launch:
1992 Coaching roots
138 Original videos
One game. Players, parents & coaches
01 / Explore the academy
Learn with purpose.
Practise with confidence.
From your first grip to the way you prepare for a season, explore a course built around technique, thoughtful practice and a love of the game.
Meet Squashy — your friendly face around the academy.
Featured academy chapters
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What Do You Need
The kit: shoes, racket, ball, clothing and the bag you bring to court.
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Behind the Ball
Explore the preparation and positioning at the heart of Coach Nick’s teaching.
View all 14 featured chapters
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The Drive
Build your straight game through forehand, backhand and cross-court drives.
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Drop and Short Kill
Explore touch and control in the short game, including the cross-court drop.
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Boast and Volley
Practise the boast, volley and volley kill as distinct shots and routines.
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The Service
Work through the service, the lob and the return of service.
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Movement
Revisit ghosting, Pukkies and movement around the T.
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Conditioned Games
Bring purpose to practice with tram lines, diagonals and other focused games.
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Off-court Training
Explore gym work, running and the principles behind training.
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Mental Development
Make space for mental preparation, reflection and the original assessment sheet.
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Periodisation
Think about training across out-of-season, pre-season and in-season phases.
Illustrative training plan; dates in the artwork are examples.
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Nutrition and Injuries
Explore the original course’s discussion of diet, injuries and young players.
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Family on the Disc
Revisit the course’s chapters on women in squash, parents and children.
A window into the full academy: 16 chapters and 48 lessons. The course also includes The Laws and “A squash players Dream!!”, with fair play, a poem and archive material.
02 / From learning to practice
Build understanding.
Bring it to your game.
Video Lab
See your technique.
Understand your next step.
Record your practice or import a clip. Move through the action, pause on a useful moment and mark a still. Prepare clearer feedback to share with a coach.
- Record
- Review
- Mark
- Share
Performance Diary & development
Make every match
part of your progress.
Give your training and match reflections a place to live. Use the Performance Diary to organise your notes and goals, then return to them as you plan your next session.
- Reflect
- Set goals
- Keep practising
Keep the story of the match.
Record the score and share the result. Use the club tools to organise play, then bring match details into the conversation about what to work on next.
Support the player.
Strengthen the journey.
Make learning something you can talk about together. Coach Roster and Household tools help organise player access. Explore the options in the app, then revisit techniques and encourage the next generation together.
03 / The person behind the teaching
The coach behind
the academy.
Coach Nick Hjiphilippou began coaching in 1992, turning lessons with his son into Behind the Ball Squash Coaching Academy. His approach joined technique, purposeful practice and mental preparation with something lasting: belief in the person holding the racket.
In 2003, the family decided to create the original interactive Nick’s In Squash course. Nick taught, Pano and Georgie demonstrated, and Tony brought the technical presentation together. Today, the Android app carries that teaching forward through original coaching recordings and tools for developing your game.
Nick retired from squash in 2025. His recorded teaching remains at the heart of the academy.
“Dream your dreams, put your dreams into muscle”
— Coach Nick
Your next session starts here
Make your next
practice count.
Take Coach Nick’s teaching onto your Android phone or tablet. Watch, reflect, practise — and keep finding your next step.
Includes in-app purchases. See the app for current plans and access.
Official Android launch:
