Junior Squash Coaching

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Cumberland Squash Club
London

Cost: £38-£135

Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th, Thursday 17th & Friday 18th April

April Junior Squash Camps

This Easter we have 4 days of squash camps led by Stephen Thompson for junior players looking to improve their squash ability, play matches and have fun.

The morning will be spent working on progressing our skill level, diving into the squash theme of the day and improving our movement and technical ability in a fun environment.

The afternoon will be more focused on squash games, building strategy, and improving performance in squash matches.

Dates: Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th, Thursday 17th & Friday 18th April

What’s included:

  1. 4 days of squash camps led by Stephen Thompson

  2. Skills challenges to improve technical ability

  3. Match coaching for improved performance

  4. T-shirt included for all 3 day bookings

Location: Cumberland Squash Club, 25 Alvanley Gardens, London, NW6 1JD

Find out more below

Physical Conditioning Programme - Juniors

This programme is designed to improve the physical development of Junior squash athletes.

It has 3 main objectives:

  1. Coordinate an extra fitness session that is well structured and works on a different area of fitness each week (strength, stamina, balance, explosiveness, power & mobility/flexibility);

  2. Further educate on how to improve in each of the the above areas of fitness and it how it relates to their improved performance;

  3. Provide a greater appreciation of how taking care of our physical and mental health impacts our sports performance.

Start date: Monday 28th April, Tuesday 29th 2025

Click here to download Physical Conditioning Programme PDF

Online

Cost: £69

Starts Monday & Tuesday 28th & 29th April March

Junior Squash Camp The Experience

10am - Introduction to the day and warm up games. This gives a chance to get to know the players and each other a little better in a fun environment before we get started with anything too technical.

Morning session 10am-1pm

10:30am - Getting stuck into the theme of the morning session with skills games and skill based challenges.

11am - Paired practices and conditioned games to develop squash technique in rhythm and getting into the groove of a squash rally with the twist of the morning’s theme.

11:45am - Camp game. A fun and active game to let off some steam after a concentrated period of focus on developing our technique.

12:30pm - Mini-tournament. This gives us an opportunity to put into practice what we have learnt in the morning session in a semi-competitive environment for those who want to gain some more match experience.

1pm - Lunch + lunchtime workshop/ games.

The lunch break presents a chance for us to get into more of the mental side of squash. After eating, there will be some reaction-time based games as well as a mental strategy workshop available to get involved with.

Afternoon session 2-5pm

2pm - Warm ups and introduction the afternoon session theme which will be more strategy and conditioned game based.

2:20pm - Conditioned games working on the theme of the day and adding specific tactics to look at how each shot could be used in specific game scenarios.

3pm - Serve and return of serve workshop in a 3/4 format, experimenting with different serves and returns. Adding in different shot incentives depending on the theme of the day.

3:30pm - Team tournament - this is most definitely the highlight of the afternoon. Teams are selected by the coach and team names, team warm ups and team roles such as captain, head marker and team coach are selected.

4:50pm - Prize giving and tournament summary.

5pm - Finish

  • Up to 6 hours quality coaching with Stephen Thompson

  • Transferable skills to all sports

  • Technical coaching on the theme of the day

  • Coached match play

  • Afternoon tournament and games

What’s included in the camp?

Location

 

Cumberland Lawn Tennis & Squash Rackets Club

25 Alvanley Gardens

London

NW6 1JD

FAQs

  • We ensure that players are matched at the beginning of the day so that they play with other players on an appropriate level.

    Generally the morning session has more beginner players, and the afternoon session has more experienced players.

    All players are welcome to book for the whole day.

  • Yes, or you can buy lunch at the club. There are a wide variety of lunch options at the club to buy from the cafe.

  • Stephen Thompson is the head coach, and usually there will be an assistant coach at each camp to ensure everything runs smoothly and each child receives great coaching feedback.

  • The day is split into different sections enabling us to work on different aspects of the game.

    There are two snack breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

    As well as a nice lunch break, there will be skills challenges, technical workshops as well as the more physical game-play towards the end of the day when coaching tactics really comes into play.

  • For further questions about the camps you can email us at stephenthompsoncoaching@gmail.com.