Racquetball and Squash Instructor

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Make sure that your instructor has a plan for getting you to your goals. Ask them what will work best for you. If they do not have a plan, how are you really going to benefit from hiring them as your teacher. Ask them to give you time frame and what things you will gain from time spent learning from them. Good communication should start from the first lesson and get better as you both learn each others language cues. Don't be afraid to ask them questions. There should not be anything that an instructor/coach/teacher should not be able to answer completely. Having a list prepared will be easiest for you and for your instructor.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Anyone seeking a racquetball or squash instructor, should decide 100% that they want to improve. This not only requires learning new techniques, movements and strategies, but practicing them. Learning new skills requires added to what you are doing or if your skills were really terrible before, then forgetting the previous ways and totally replacing them with the new information. Some players want to try to meld techniques, but this most often does not work. When you find an instructor that you have confidence in, you need to let them teach you. If you dont practice and improve, because you dont follow the plan, this looks very bad for your instructor.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I dont want to answer this here, where other instructors can read and learn what makes my teaching different. I also ask clients not to share my teachings with others. I dont think many people actually want to learn things, without learning 100%. Even if a student tries to tell what I am teaching, they cant see and analyze things, they same way that I can. I have 29 years of experience teaching and 32 years of playing and watching the sports being played. Learning something halfway, can make a player frustrated and also allows more chance for injuries.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I enjoy helping others enjoy racquetball and reduce chances for injuries. Racquetball is a sport that requires moving all parts of the body to perform at higher levels. If you learn limited parts of swing techniques, you will not only lessen your proficiency, but will open yourself up to higher possibilities for injury. If you are not sure of what your instructor is telling you, ask them to explain it in another way or to show you what they mean. They should be able to do each part of the techniques. Feel free to ask questions and ask for them to show you each and everything they are telling you.