Pembrokeshire squash players were given a pre-season coaching treat recently at Milford Haven Leisure Centre as Squash Wales and Racketball senior high performance coach David Evans visited The Meads Squash Club.
David was a former World Number 3 and British Open Champion, who is one of the finest players to ever come out of Wales and is now passing on his wealth of knowledge to other players who look to reach their potential.
Massive squash pedigree
David, who was Director of Squash in Jersey for four years after finishing on the professional tour, represented Wales as a senior over 150 times at World, European and Commonwealth Championships, and was the highest Welsh player on the PSA tour, and the first and last Welsh player to win the most prestigious events in squash; the British Open.
David now passes on his knowledge to the current senior Welsh squad of men and women and recently travelled to the European Championships, the first time in over 10 years David has not played at the championships but he led as a coach off the court.
David took nine coaching sessions at the Meads with players from all over the county, with juniors and seniors benefitting.
Pete is delighted
Pete Crook commented,
“To have a coach and player of his stature come to the club to help players was a real treat and it was not all about the players because coaches came to watch and learn from David as he took the various sessions which was invaluable to their learning.
“What amazed me, was David went on court at 2pm and apart from meeting the next group came off court at 10pm without a break, I was shattered just watching the sessions.
“And as you may guess, everyone is asking when he can come back because the quality of his sessions the feedback for improvement was fantastic and I personally cannot thank David enough for his time and the knowledge he passed on to both players and coaches.”