Sunday, 16 September 2012

Coaching Jansher Khan, world squash champion

Chris

At the British open squash championship in Birmingham we sneaked down to the courtside seats that we always wangled (but never paid for) to settle down for the final.
As usual, Jansher Khan was walking away with the match - he won it 6 times over the years - the Federer of squash. After winning the 2nd game, Jansher was on his way back to his seat and his coach, Satinder Bajwa, was walking over to mentor the master in the break. Chris leaned over the barrier and said, "er, excuse me sir". The coach looked up quizzingly and Chris came out with the following:

"Just a bit of advice, try getting him to change his grip and hold the racket at a slightly more inclined angle - that should help his follow through and give him a bit more control over the ball".

I don't remember the greatest coach of all time giving an answer....

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