Life as a Squash Professional
In my opinion, being a professional squash player is one of the best jobs around. I am earning a living from my hobby which is fantastic. I get to travel the world and stay in wonderful places and hotels while competing which I thrive on!!!
At the beginning when I turned professional it was extremely hard..... I went from training 5 times a week to twice a day 6 days a week. My training changed a lot and for the first few months it was really hard and I was very tired. However, when my body finally became accustomed to the harder work I started to enjoy it a lot more. My tournaments moved up in size as my ranking did and I started to play better players.
These days I love the tour. I spend my days training at home in my local gym (David Lloyd) and in Manchester at England's National Squash Centre. I plan my week myself with the help of the trainers at the English Institute of Sport and I get to travel away with my friends (and rivals!) which is also great!
I just hope the enjoyment stays as my ranking hopefully moves higher.