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Members’ Library — Vol. I

The Squash Canon

A Gentleman’s Guide to Court Craft — a Nick & Tin volume, written with care.

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The Squash Canon

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Every angle, every ghost, every drop shot examined through the lens of classical technique and old-money restraint. The Squash Canon is our foundational volume — the book we wish we had been handed on our first evening at the club. It is unhurried, opinionated, and quietly rigorous: less a manual of tricks than a way of thinking about the four walls, the T, and the long game that plays out between them.

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What’s InsideThe contents, chapter by chapter
  • IThe Geometry of the Court — the T, the angles, and why position beats power
  • IIThe Length Game — the rail, the deep drive, and the patience it demands
  • IIIThe Short Game — the drop, the boast, and the art of the disguised hand
  • IVThe Volley — taking time from your opponent before he knows it is gone
  • VMovement & the Ghost — returning to the T with economy and grace
  • VIThe Mental Game — composure, tempo, and the long third game
  • VIIMatch Craft — reading an opponent and constructing the rally

The Format

  • Delivered as a polished PDF, 148 pages
  • Readable on tablet, desktop, or the club e-reader
  • Lifetime access — revisions included, no subscription
  • Illustrated court diagrams throughout

For Whom It Is Written

  • The newcomer wanting the whole picture at once
  • The recreational player stuck at a plateau
  • The member who prefers principle to gimmickry
  • Anyone fond of a well-turned sentence about sport
Why We Wrote ItFrom the writing desk

Squash is taught, for the most part, in fragments — a tip here, a drill there, a coach’s pet phrase overheard on court. We wanted to set down the whole of it in one considered volume: the geometry, the shots, the movement, and the temperament, arranged as a canon rather than a grab-bag.

What emerged is the book we would have pressed into our own hands twenty years ago. It flatters no shortcut and promises no overnight transformation. It simply lays out the craft, plainly and in order, and trusts the reader to do the rest.

— The founders, Nick & Tin

The AssurancesThe house standard
Written by the House
Two club players, one canon
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A PDF, yours on acquiring
Lifetime Access
Revisions included, always
Illustrated Throughout
Court diagrams and drills
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★★★★★ Verified Buyer
I have read a shelf of squash instruction and this is the first that reads like a book rather than a pamphlet. The chapter on length alone reorganised my whole game.
Edmund Thackeray-Wills · Hampstead
★★★★☆ Verified Buyer
Elegantly written and genuinely useful. I’d have liked a few more drills, but the thinking behind each shot is worth ten times the modest price.
Nadia Rahman · Member since 2019
★★★★★ Verified Buyer
Read it in a single evening; I shall reread it for years.
Oliver Brandt · Improver
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Questions, AnsweredBefore you commit
In what format does it arrive?
A polished PDF of 148 pages, readable on tablet, desktop, or the club e-reader.
How soon do I receive it?
It is delivered instantly on acquiring; the volume is yours to keep.
Do I get later revisions?
Yes; lifetime access includes every future revision, with no subscription.
May I have a refund?
Being a digital volume it is non-returnable once delivered, but write to us if anything is amiss and we shall put it right.
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