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Excerpted from a 2008 interview

How long did it take you to write The Whipping Boy

More than ten years. I got off on the wrong track and was very slow to discover my mistake. Once I came to my senses, the story wrote rather quickly. Six or seven months, as I recall.

What did it feel like to win the Newbery?

It was as stunning as being struck by lightning. I didn't know my novel, The Whipping Boy, was being considered. Suddenly, early one morning, when I was in the shower, the phone rang. The 1987 Newbery Award was being awarded to me. What excitement around our house! And the phone hardly stopped ringing for months. The hardest part was writing the acceptance speech to be delivered before the American Library Association in San Francisco. I spent weeks polishing up every sentence.

Did you have anything to do with the movie?

Alas, yes. Although the screenplay is credited to Max Brindle, I wrote it. When the producers made a structural change in the second half of the story, a change that I thought was absurd, I filed for a pseudonym with the Writers' Guild of America. Max Brindle was a fictional character in my first novel, and he took the rap for me.

How many other books have you written?

I don't know. Fifty or sixty - something like that. But not all were written for children. When I was a young writer, and didn't know any better, I wrote novels for adults. My first published book was for magicians. I still write occasionally for the sleight-of-hand crowd.

Does it always take you ages to write a book?

Some writers are fast. Some are slow. Most of us are both. Each new book confronts the writer with story problems he or she may never have faced before. A wonderful and famous American writer, Eudora Welty, once explaned that each novel teaches her how to write it, but not the next one. So, you kind of start your career over again with each new book. Sometimes everything works and the writing gallops along. My tall tales about the McBroom family, each fifteen or so typed pages, take me up to three months - that's galloping for me. When I start a novel, I know that I'm going to be at the computer for the next year or two or three.

Where do you get your ideas?

I wish I knew. They seem to be everywhere and nowhere. The problem, when you find one, is figuring out what to do with the idea once it takes posession of you. My favorite story in this regard is about the famous French short story writer, Guy (pronounced Ghee, by the way) de Maupassant, who bragged that he could write a story about anything. His friends challenged him to write a story about a piece of string. A piece of string! Not a very promising prop for a story, one would think. but de Maupassant sat down and wrote one of the greatest short stories in world literature called - A Piece of String.

How about you?

I sometimes find story ideas in odd folk beliefs. The absurd notion that if one were born at the stroke of midnight, he or she would have the power to see ghosts set me off on a highly successful comic pirate novel, The Ghost in the Noonday Sun. Triskaidekaphobia, the superstitious fear of the number thirteen, caught my imagination and off I went on a time travel story, The 13th Floor.

You write with a lot of similies and metaphors. How do you think them up?

Imagery is wonderful short hand, enabling me to describe in a few words what might otherwise take several sentences. I try to visualize what I am trying to describe. What does the wrinkled old face of that witch look like? How about the inside of a walnut? Got it! Figures of speech are hard to think up at first, but they get easier. You develop something like muscles for them. But it's still hard.


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Jumat, 18 April 2014

My Warm house

My house now is not a big house rather than the last house where I lived. The last house before I move here is so big big big house ever, was built on Dutch’s colonize. Yes, very big and located in front of main road. So crowded, so noisy, and always be target of accidents, don’t know why. But now, I live small house, maybe since 12years ago. Smaller than before, in quite place, not really far from main road, but not in front of it. So little bit quite here.

Even not a big house and there are 6 people in house, it feel so warm here. Of course smaller house with much people will make it warmer, but not because of that. it is because love hehe… we are loving each other, that makes my house feel so warm. Yeah I know, I live in Pandaan which is very very hot (and not good for vampire hehe), but when stay inside house I feel so cool and stay warm always. Is that sounds strange? Stay cool and warm in same time? Not strange for me. Feel so comfortable here.

Mom always take care of family, cook always and feed us with good and healthy foods, always listen to her kids stories, always gave us good advice, always told me something important since I am the oldest one, always listen and obey to everything that Dad says, always keep her mom save and healthy, always do the best for family. That is my mom.

Dad always watch his every kids very well, always be the first one who got worried if something happen to kids and family, even not talking as much as mom he always lead us to be in good way in life, always give us lots of money if we say “Dad, I have to buy this book, that book, many books”, dad always want his kids do the best in education and get much knowledge, such a good leader for his wife, kids, and family. That is my dad.

And my granny, even she is so loud and talking much, I know that she talking about our goodness. Not all can accept her habit, lot of people doesn’t like she talks much, it just because they doesn’t know my granny so much like me even they are her grandchild too. Getting older, and still fresh, and still active, and still loud, and still talks much, that is my granny.

Sisters, are doing good. The youngest are looks like me. the oldest are dreamer, same like me. so they both, are looks like me when I was young or now. They just follow their oldest well. They are my sisters.

And me, it’s me. and only me. The oldest daughter, the oldest grandchild. I just have to be me. and I am happy to be me, my self.

And that’s my house, people in my warm house. Really love them all.

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WORKSHOP: Mindfulness Writing Session with Amy Spies

  • Singapore Book Council 90 Goodman Road Singapore, 439053 Singapore (map)

Want to write the novel of your dreams, a memoir, poetry or screenplay that’s inside you waiting to find some form of expression. In this Mindfulness Writing Session, you will learn some specific techniques to bring your unique creative voice and story to life on the page.

We will provide ways to help you break through writer’s block and procrastination, and generate new ideas for your writing. You will experience unique mindfulness meditations and exercises that will help quieten your inner critic and enable your authentic creative voice to bloom. There will be opportunities for you to meditate, write and get responses on your writing. Responses to your writing will help you further develop something you’ve already started. As Maya Angelou wrote: "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Let’s help you release that story.

This session is suitable for writers who are stuck and wanting to find fresh ways to jump start the writing process. It is organised by the Singapore Book Council. More details in the registration link attached below.

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Publicfast - Promote products and get paidIf you are given a task of writing or speaking something nice about any random brand or brands, you may feel awkward at the back of your mind, because you have not actually used those brands and you are lying about them, in fact. But, how about writing on your favorite brands? Won’t you feel excited and guiltless, while talking nice about them, because you have used them and love them too? This is what you can do and earn money for it – through Publicfast!

What is Publicfast?

Publicfast is a platform where any person can register easily using her/his Facebook profile and start working with various brands. You will be designated as an “influencer”. You have to join the campaigns of your favorite brands and writhe on themes you are interested in. You can write great posts about your favorite products on your social media pages, like Twitter, Facebook and/or VKontakte (if you are writing on all of them, you can do it at a time for all of them!)

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5 Business Apps Guaranteed to Increase Your Productivity in 2016

The age of the paperless office is well and truly upon us. One need only pay a visit to a shared workspace like WeWork or The Office Group in London, to witness the army of entrepreneurs and small businesses busily working from hot desks. Their offices simply consisting of; a tablet, a Smartphone, a MacBook Air, white ear phones, and an array of chargers.

For these tech entrepreneurs, their offices are virtual, and provided they can access the Internet they can operate from pretty much anywhere. Amongst the key enablers is the growing ubiquity of Software as a Service (SaaS) or cloud based solutions, that facilitate access to data stored remotely freeing the user from the need to work in one physical location. The days of desktops overflowing with icons, files and folders are also well gone, with many screens reduced to 4 colourful icons representing; Dropbox, Firefox, Skype and Spotify. These 4 links with the world are all that is needed to operate effectively.

Google is often a first port of call for many of these same users, as many use the Google suite to manage mail, calendaring and to share documents. However, while we are all familiar with the flexibility the Google application brings, there are a number of other less well known solutions that are increasing in popularity. These tools are very different in terms of how they help businesses, but share common traits, as they all benefit their users by enhancing productivity and efficiency via SaaS based solutions.

What are these tools and how can they help your business?

1/ Klipboard – Organize Field Employees & Eradicate Paper

Klipboard is a mobile field service platform for the management of field based employees, and the capture of data from a tablet. It is suitable for undertaking assessments, maintenance records, inspections, surveys or just about any process you can imagine. Gone are the days of relying on paper based methods, instead, Klipboard simplifies data collection, task scheduling, location mapping and messaging. The easy to use, consumer style app, enables employees to capture text, images, signatures or view documents, plus more – even when offline. No more printing, filing or lost paper forms!

2/ Docusign – Send, Sign and Approve Documents

Docusign enables parties to electronically sign documents replacing the need to print out documents, to sign them and then to either scan, fax or post them. Again the solution is a simple one, however the benefits are significant in terms of efficiency and productivity gains especially for those who need to obtain lots of signed documents.

Where: Docusign

3/ eFax – Easy Faxing Anywhere

For most of us the days of waiting impatiently by fax machines are well and truly behind us. However, there are numerous professions (including the legal one) where faxes are still used on a daily basis. While this will undoubtedly change in the years to come, faxes remain an important communication tool for certain documents. What has changed however, is the reliance on physical fax machines has evaporated, and efaxes are widely used as viable alternatives where the fax is transmitted directly to your phone or computer.

Where: eFax

4/ Scanner Pro – A Scanner in Your Pocket

Scanner Pro allows you to turn your iPhone or iPad into a portable scanner. The simple app enables you to capture an image which is converted to a PDF, which can then be emailed, printed, uploaded or faxed from the app. The use cases are varied, and with its extremely competitive pricing it serves to yet again replace scanners, a hardware device that was commonplace in most offices up until fairly recently.

Where: iOS, Readdle

5/ Xpenditure – Claim Back Your Time

Xpenditure is a leading expense management solution that works on a very simple premise. Employees simply take a photo of their receipt (using the app), submit it, and the software does the rest. It reads the key data including; the date, merchant, currency, amount and spend category. The net result is that the finance team have real time access to expenses, enabling them to have full visibility on company expenses, while also enabling them to review, to process and to reimburse employees in real time. The entire process is transformed, and the days of multiple steps, involving a range of different parties, and envelopes stuffed with receipts are consigned to history. (Disclosure: the author works with Xpenditure)

Where: iOS, Android

In summary, a number of factors have combined to enable employees to work efficiently while on the road. Hardware has become more powerful, with increased battery life and lighter models (especially for laptops) enabling workers to be truly mobile. Wifi has also become much more ubiquitous, enabling employees to connect to applications more easily (alternatively they can tether from their mobile devices).

Business software has also matured, and a whole range of applications have been created which replace older more paper based processes. What is most attractive about these developments, is that for the most part the cost of these applications is much more competitive than existing solutions without even factoring in the significant efficiency gains, improved security and reduction in errors that these solutions bring.

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September 18, 2011

My Two-Cents on the 2011 Emmys

After two pretty decent shows in 2009 (Neil Patrick Harris on CBS) and 2010 (Jimmy Fallon on NBC), FOX and host Jane Lynch had their work cut-out for them. While I cannot say that the 2011 version of the Primetime Emmyswas as good as its predecessors, it was better than the last time FOX had the gig.

The Host
When I figured out that FOX was up next to broadcast the ceremony, I tried to think of who they would ask to host. I knew it was going to be a FOX personality, and I was praying that they didn't go with Ryan Seacret again, so I was pleasantly surprised when they went with Jane Lynch. It really shouldn't have shocked me after her Outstanding Supporting Actress win for Glee.

Opening up the Emmys with a song-and-dance number has become a tradition, and Lynch's number that took her through the sets of various TV shows was inspired, but it did run a tad too long. By the time it was all said and done, I was ready for the actual show to start. It also didn't help that Lynch had to follow up last year's truly great Glee inspired intro, so anything she did wasn't going to live up to the hype.

Throughout the show, Lynch was able to get in some pretty good jokes (lesbian agenda, Entourage burn, and The Lion King reference), but she left the heavy lifting other performers like The Lonely Island and various pre-taped sketches. It's not fair to keep going back to previous hosts, but NPH's Dr. Horrible bit and Jimmy Fallon's musical moments were still superior compared to everything Lynch gave us. At least she didn't let Twitter write jokes for her.

Criticisms aside, Jane Lynch did a decent enough job and didn't rest on her Glee laurels which was welcomed.

The Winners and Losers
Last year allowed for some newbies, like Modern Family and Glee, to win major awards and the same was true this time around. Since Bryan Cranston and Breaking Bad were ineligible for Emmys this year, many thought this was Jon Hamm's best chance to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but the Academy had a different idea and crowed Friday Night Light's Kyle Chandler as the 2011 winner.

To say I was totally shocked by Chandler's win is an understatement. While I was rooting for him and the show to get some recognition this year, I did not seriously think he was going to win especially with Hamm on the ballot. As they say in sports, that's why you play the game. Chandler's performance as Eric Taylor has been one of the consistent and best over the last five seasons, and I'm glad that the Emmys decided to honor him and the show now that it has ended. Too bad they couldn't do the same for Steve Carrell.

All of the experts picked Steve Carell as the sentimental favorite and the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner. Instead of going with emotion like they did with Drama, the Emmys pulled off yet another cruel joke by once again snubbing Carell. I'm not begrudging Jim Parsons' win for The Big Bang Theory, but he still had time to rack up more wins. This was Carell's last chance to win for his depiction of Michael Scott. It just doesn't seem right.

Comedy was also host to some other big shockers as Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen both won for Modern Family, and since I thought they both deserved to win, I was happy. Not so shocking was the continued Glee backlash. The only other win that was as surprising as Chandler's was Melissa McCarthy's Outstanding Lead Actress-Comedy win for Mike & Molly.

I wouldn't call Margo Martindale's Outstanding Supporting Actress-Drama win a shock, but it was still a nice moment. Even Peter Dinklage's win for Game of Thrones wasn't too out there since I picked him to win, but there was a part of me that thought the fantasy show was going to be snubbed.

The Actor/Actress categories created the most of the drama, and unfortunately the Outstanding Programs couldn't keep the upsets going as the favorites, Modern Family and Mad Men, both got their predictable wins. It was obviously Modern Family's year, and everyone still loves Mad Men (even though they don't like their actors), so it was to be expected. A Parks and Recreation and/or Friday Night Lights win would've been nice though.

Other Odds and Ends
  • It was a smart move by Lynch and FOX to stay away from Glee as much as possible, although seeing Saracen, Vince, and Landry in a McKinley-esque locker room was a nice gag.
  • Best Opening Number Moment: Mad Men
  • I thought Amy Poehler was being witty by storming the stage, but it ended up being a bit. It was still funny, but it would've been even better had it just been her
  • I'm still a fan of breaking the show into genre segments because it gives me time to go the bathroom or make a sandwich when the Reality/Variety section starts. Ditto for Miniseries/Movies
  • Speaking of Miniseries/Movies, it once again sucked all the life out of the show at the tail-end. I still think they should just lump those categories in with the Creative Arts Emmys
  • I actually liked the Emmytones. It's just too bad that's the only time Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, and Cobie Smulders will be on an Emmy stage
  • I'm pretty sure Kyra Sedgwick screwed Connie Britton out of an Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy
  • I was glad to see that they included Andy Whitfield in the "In Memoriam" piece
  • Next year should be ABC's turn. My pick for host: Nathan Fillion!
So the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmys are in the books, and a combination of a good but not great host, Modern Family dominance, and some true upsets made for an interesting albeit uneven show. It was far from a dud, but it sure won't rank up there with some of the better ones either.

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SmarterSafer pushes for permanent flood insurance program

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 7:32 am

SmarterSafer, an organization that focuses on national disaster planning policy, is pushing Congress to pass a permanent National Flood Insurance Program reform bill that will provide insurance subsidies for homes in flood prone areas, while making substantive changes to the program.

The House of Representatives recently passed a short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program after the Senate also accepted a short-term resolution.

But wants permanent reform to pass in the near future.

“Temporary fixes only make the program more unstable. It is time for Congress to pass meaningful, long-term NFIP reform so the nation can promote hurricane safety and reduce the costly rebuilding that can often be prevented with proper preparation and planning,”said in a statement.

The NFIP program was scheduled to expire in November, but members of Congress passed a temporary extension. The short-term reform plan also includes a provision that phases out subsidies for certain properties and it offers a transition for properties that are newly mapped into flood zones.

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Eduardo Giovay Lopez-Cabrera, the alleged shooter in last week’s shooting in Valley Ford, turned himself in to the Sonoma County Jail on Sunday morning, July 7.

The shooting happened last Monday, June 29, around 9:30 p.m. Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the 12000 block of Valley Ford Road after getting multiple reports of a fight involving a gun.

Deputies found approximately 30 people in and around a house. The crowd directed deputies to two victims. The first victim was a man in a car with a serious head wound. The second victim, located in the backyard, was a man with a leg wound.

After the victims were transported to the hospital, deputies searched the property for the suspected shooters. Other deputies began interviewing people to determine what had happened. They learned that the people at the house were attending an after-party that followed a gender reveal party held earlier that day at Finley Park in Santa Rosa. The two victims showed up to the after-party, and a fight broke out shortly after their arrival, resulting in the injuries. The fight was likely gang-related and was limited to the five people involved (three suspects and two victims). Other partygoers immediately called 911.

After determining that the suspects had fled the property, deputies searched the surrounding area on the ground and by air with Henry 1 but were not able to find the three suspects, who were later identified as Anthony Racines, 19, of Rohnert Park; Calvin Garcia, 23, of Santa Rosa; and Eduardo Giovay Lopez-Cabrera, 21, of Santa Rosa.

Anthony Racines was arrested on July 1 and charged with three felonies: conspiracy, battery with serious injury and a gang enhancement. He is in custody at the main jail on $55,000 bail. Calvin Garcia was also arrested on July 1 and charged with two felonies: attempted murder and battery with serious injury. He is being held without bail due to a state parole hold. Both suspects were arrested without incident.

The Sheriff’s Office appealed for the community’s help in locating the third suspect, Lopez-Cabrera, who the department called “armed and dangerous.”

Lopez-Cabrera turned himself in to the Sonoma County Jail on July 7. He is being held on $50,000 bail, charged with felony assault and gang enhancement charges.

As of press time, both shooting victims were still alive. The man with the head wound was in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. The man with the leg wound has been released from the hospital and is expected to recover.

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DeMarco Murray was selected in the third round (71st overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Murray was the sixth running back chosen in the 2011 draft. Murray signed a four-year contract with the Cowboys worth $2.97 million including a signing bonus worth $622,000 on July 29, 2011.
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Loves-Me-Not Relationship Education

Loves-Me-Not uses a whole school approach and a one-day workshop for Year 12 students to explore healthy relationships and the sometimes difficult subject of relationship abuse and consent.

Following the death of Sophie at the hands of a former boyfriend it became clear that she had been in a typically abusive relationship. It was also evident that neither Sophie nor her mother, Lesley, had been able to see where things were going wrong. The conclusion was that if these two intelligent adults couldn’t see the signs then many others would be in the same situation.

A foundation was formed in Sophie’s name aimed at lowering the levels of domestic violence through education. In 2013 the Sophie Elliott Foundation partnered with the New Zealand Police and the Ministry of Social Development to develop Loves-Me-Not.

Loves-Me-Not in your school

If your school would like to consider Loves-Me-Not, you can contact your Police School Community Officer. More Information about implementing Loves-Me-Not can be found on the Police School Portal or view this film made for parents of students about to attend a workshop.

Intent and purpose

The long-term outcome sought from Loves-Me-Not is that young people live their lives free from the harm of unhealthy and abusive relationships.

Loves-Me-Not focuses on healthy (equal) relationships as opposed to unhealthy (controlling) ones. Through education, young people are able to recognise:

  • if they are in an abusive relationship, and how to get help before it becomes more difficult to leave
  • if any of their behaviours are abusive and controlling, and get help to change these behaviours before they harm someone
  • the early signs of abuse and make early choices to reject abusive relationships.

Insidious behaviour is often dismissed during the early stages of a relationship, when things are new and exciting. However, once someone has taken the power away from another person, it is often very difficult for the victim to get out. Therefore, in Loves-Me-Not students:

  • explore qualities of good relationships
  • recognise early signs of relationship abuse
  • understand sexual consent, what it means, and why they need it
  • apply critical thinking about who is advantaged by societal myths, and how these myths may perpetuate relationship abuse and acts of sexual abuse
  • explore if, when and how to be an active bystander
  • are encouraged to ‘take action for change’ for themselves, their friends and family, and the wider community to have safer communities together.

Loves-Me-Not relationship education is a whole school approach to positive relationships. It includes a one-day Year 12 workshop that has been designed to engage young people in the qualities of positive relationships and relationship abuse.

The workshop component of Loves-Me-Not is delivered by up to three facilitators trained by Police. The facilitators comprise a teacher, a police officer and can include a representative of a non-governmental organisation working in the field of family violence prevention. The workshop is linked to the NZ Curriculum so that schools and students are still achieving educational outcomes, whilst looking at an important social issue.

The workshop is incorporated into a whole school approach that enables a culture of respectful relationships in the school community.
Loves-Me-Not provides opportunities for students to plan and take action themselves to influence their school and wider community to prevent abuse.

Loves-Me-Not is a partnership.

  • Police provides personnel to train and deliver the workshop and Police maintains the quality of the content.
  • The Sophie Elliott Foundation develops quality audio visual resources, print materials and actively promotes Loves-Me-Not in communities.
  • Schools modify the school timetable to allow the workshop to occur and follow up the workshop with ongoing learning opportunities for the students.
  • NGOs provide practical experience of the support services available in the community.

The Sophie Elliott Foundation has provided a range of resources for Loves-Me-Not, including videos and short vignettes that are used during the workshop, for example to explore qualities of a good relationship, and the factors that could erode it. Also included is a film designed for parents that explains how Loves-Me-Not works.

Lesley Elliott has written a book with William J O’Brien based around Sophie’s story, which shows how to recognise signs of abuse, and provides strategies to cope. The book is supplied free of charge to students undertaking Loves-Me-Not, and can be used in future years to give young people sound advice. The book is published by Penguin Random House New Zealand and printed through sponsorship by Zonta. Please see below for more information about the Loves-Me-Not book.

Loves-Me-Not: An essential guide for keeping relationships safe

In 2008, the horrific murder of Sophie Elliott by her former boyfriend and university tutor, Clayton Weatherston, shocked the nation. During the police investigation it became clear Sophie’s murderer was a typical abuser who had a track record of treating partners badly.

Sophie’s mother, Lesley Elliott, driven to research domestic and partner abuse, was astonished to find the very characteristics evident in abusive relationships were right there in Sophie’s. Lesley quickly realised that if she and Sophie, ‘through ignorance and naivety’ missed the signs, then so could many others.

International research suggested education was the key; Lesley set up the Sophie Elliott Foundation to raise awareness among all young people, their friends and families to the signs of partner abuse.

Loves-Me-Not includes advice and suggestions on how to identify problems, how to deal with them and where to seek help.

Also included is ‘One for the Boys’, a chapter written by well-known clinical psychologist and commentator, Nigel Latta.

If you think you are unsafe, then you probably are.
Lesley Elliott

Loves-Me-Not Partnership

In July 2014 the Sophie Elliott Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with Zonta International District 16. This was a very important moment as it secured a partnership between us and Zonta that will enable Lesley’s book Loves-Me-Not to be offered free of charge to students completing the Loves-Me-Not workshops. The Sophie Elliott Foundation is truly grateful to the 28 Zonta Clubs nationwide who pledged to carry out fundraising for book purchases over their 2014/2016 biennium project period. Clubs voted to continue on with this project for 2016 to 2018.

Zonta International is a global organisation of 30,000 members in business and professions working together to empower women through service and advocacy. There are 28 clubs in New Zealand from Northland to Otago. To find out more about Zonta go to the NZ website: or the Zonta International website:


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Friday, May 25, 2012

On Health Care Pt 2

So I'm not gaining any coughing-based superpowers it seems.

Just mild, residual inflammation from the flu virus and, yeah, probably a pulled muscle in my side. Big freakin' deal.

So I've got a pain killer for that last one, and a super-low-dose steroid for the bronchial inflammation, which raises an interesting more.

I remember those "Ask Me" apps and games and quizzes that used to be on Facebook and MySpace back in the day. They used to have things like, "Do you think XXXXX has ever taken steroids?"

Well I'm on some right now. I paid $10 to some pimple-faced kid at my local CVS and I popped the first 6 after I downed a Dunkin breakfast sandwich and some milk. Have you ever had your ***** taken out? Yeah? Well then you've probably been on steroids.

Sorry, I didn't mean to get so worked up there. I don't know what came over me. I'm just gonna go over here now and dead lift about 600 pounds.

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Monday, August 6, 2012

My GI System Hates Me - Part Five: The Conclusion and My Medical Update!

If you want to know more of what I'm talking about, check out the rest of "My GI System Hates Me"

So last week, I left off where I was about to get all of my blood work done and my CT scan.

You should know one thing about me.. I have always been terrified of needles and blood. Notice I used past tense - that's because this year I went from never having had a blood test, to having so many that I don't know what's left running through my veins.

I'm also known as a fainter, apparently. You see, my first blood test, I finished and though "phew.. that was easier than I thought" and proudly beamed at my Mum and sister because I was so happy with myself for not freaking out. My sister had to get her monthly blood test done and while I waited for her I started to feel really ill. My head started buzzing and all of a sudden I felt really sick (apparently I also went white as a sheet) and I was quickly made to lay down before I passed out. Poor Katrina was in the middle of her blood test when the blood nurse said to her "um.. one second.. I really need to help your sister..". It's a bit embarrassing when you're younger sister is a-okay and you're passing out.

I survived my first blood test and went home for the rest of the day feeling incredibly woozy and drained and now every other blood test I have, I'm made to lay down for 15 minutes afterwards so we don't have a repeat performance.

The blood test I got for my new doctor involved a lot of tests - meaning it involved a lot of blood. Nine vials, to be exact. Let's just say I was glad to be laying down when five minutes in I started to get really woozy. I might sound like a major wuss, but being hypoglycemic and fasting is enough trouble even before you add in blood loss :P

After the blood test was over, I did my usual laying-down-while-Katrina-has-her-date-with-a-vampire routine and we were on our way back home. The results for some of the tests were going to take a week or so, so we would have to wait for answers - and get the CT scan in the meantime.

The CT scan was a piece of cake. No contrast injection was needed (much to my needle-phobic delight!). Awkwardly the lady doing the CT was overly complimenting and decided to tell me how beautiful I was whilst strapping my chin into the machine (thank goodness they don't have mirrors).

My brains fabulous photo shoot was over in a few minutes and we then just had to wait to pick up the films. To the untrained eye, my brain just looked like a squishy little ugly thing with thankfully no big lumps that looked nasty, but we had to wait to find out what the results were from the doctor.

We went back to the doctor, CT films in hand and she had all of the results from the tests. She started to go through the blood work and let me know what the results meant - if they were normal/abnormal/slightly above or below.

My iron stores had dropped significantly, despite my increased iron supplement - due to my poor absorption with all of my stomach issues and my cortisol levels were slightly higher than usual.

"There's a reason for this level to be higher... it's just.. yes... yes... on the last page here" said the doctor. This is where my brain starts thinking "Cortisol.. what's cortisol.. cortisone... it's a steriod.. no wait, cortisol is the stress hormone... why is it high?... listen Kristy!". The worst thing to do to someone waiting for answers is to leave them in suspense!

We got to the last page of results to find out.. I have glandular fever/mono/mononucleosis/the kissing disease. I've had it for quite some time and it's still current in my system. The doctor thinks my system has been attacked differently than usual in that I don't have any flu-like symptoms. Instead the glandular fever is just draining me of any energy. Because of this, she wants to keep monitoring me to make sure the glandular fever doesn't develop into ME/chronic fatigue syndrome which I'm at a high risk of developing.

My CT scan came back with a jumble of medical terms that sounded horrific and I promised myself I wouldn't google them so as to not freak myself out. There were words like nodules, inflammation, blah blah blah.. We booked an appointment with an ENT (Ear Nose and Throat Specialist) and thankfully we were able to get in the next week!

We got to the ENT's rooms and handed over the pages and pages of my CT report. "Well Kristy.... if you look at this... you'd think you're going to die..."

Say what?

"But don't worry, if everyone listened to these results.. they'd think they were going to die too - and everyone would be in for multiple surgeries"

He asked about my symptoms, checked out my nose and told me that, whilst he wasn't sure of the cause of all of the inflammation with my sinuses - I definitely did not need surgery at the moment and I definitely was not going to die.

He sent me off to get an allergy prick test or scratch test to see if there weren't any environmental factors causing the inflammation.

They placed 20 drops of allergens on my skin - things like cats, dogs, house dust, horses, grass, pollen etc and then they pricked my skin 20 times in a row with a needle to see if there was a reaction.

Well, there was most definitely a reaction from me because prick after prick after stab after stab hurts. I then had to sit with my arm out for 20 minutes while we waited to see if there was a reaction.

After twenty minutes, my arm still looked the same as you see in the picture - no reaction. I was super relieved, but the only downfall was that I couldn't tell Jesse we couldn't have a cat because I was allergic oh snap. But that's okay, I have a million and one other reasons!

 So what now? Now I just have to deal with what I know -
  •  the gluten free diet stays - forever.
  • avoiding food intolerance is a must - for now, until my stomach has time to heal itself and can hopefully tolerate more foods.
  • the sinus troubles don't bother me much at all, except for a slight stuffy nose in the mornings some times.
  • the fatigue is just something I have to deal with - for now (I have become the queen of power naps, even though they do nothing for my physical fatigue, it's more of a help with mental fatigue and gives me a chance to re-focus)
 The doctor is going to monitor my glandular fever/mono and fatigue for the next year or so, re-testing me in a few months to see if it's still present - and if I'm still feeling terribly fatigued, she's going to do some further investigation.

 Most of all, after 2-3 years of having no answers, I'm relieved to have some. Sure, there were more answers than I anticipated - but it's so nice to know that I'm not crazy or completely bonkers and that there's actually reasons for how I'm feeling.

Now I just have to keep busy and forget that I have any problems! Because, afterall, how are you ever going to get anything done if you lay around woefully in your sick bed?!

So tell me, have you ever had mono/glandular fever?

  1. I'm so sorry to hear that you have mono/glandular fever and your health issues! :(

  2. It's okay, lovely! Just something to beat ;P

  3. O... M... G ... you poor thing!!

    You'll beat it though :)
    I hate needles and blood tests too... luckily my Mum is a nurse, so she has been able to prick me... but still i HATE it! x

    1. Oh that is so lucky, my mum just holds my hand haha :P

      I can't look at her face though because she cringes and makes it seem so much worse :P

  4. So glad you've got the answers now and can work on healing. :)

  5. I feel for you, because I'm going through very much of the same thing...Did your doctors tell you how to fight the fatigue that's being causes by the mono virus in your system? (My doctor just told me that I used to have the virus, but not anymore...and then did not offer any help on my complete and utter lack of energy...oh and he doesn't believe in adrenal fatigue!)

    1. Hi Sophie,
      My doctor didn't tell me how to fight the fatigue, just that it's something I will have to deal with for the moment. She did suggest that small amounts of light exercise could be helpful and told me that I needed to rest often, stress less and eat well.

      A lot of doctors don't believe in adrenal fatigue because it's one of those things that hasn't been 100% proven and can often be mistaken for anxiety. The reason why they've said that I have adrenal fatigue is because my adrenal glands show signs of significant damage and I also get the same symptoms when I'm excited or exercise as I do with the adrenaline from stress.

      Hopefully you can find a doctor who can help you out and get you feeling better! Definitely seek out a second opinion - if I hadn't I'd still be thinking I was going crazy!

      If you ever need someone to vent to or chat to (who knows what you're talking about) send me an email!

  6. thanks for the reply :) thanks so much! (and i might take you up on your offer for someone to vent to!) <3

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The year is 1861 and William Kirkhouse, the eminent engineer, is in his 77th year and living on his farm Pen-yr-Ally, in Skewen.  Living with Kirkhouse at the farm were his daughters Mrs Mary Jenkins and Margaret (a spinster and the housekeeper); also resident at the farm was his eldest sister Mrs Elizabeth Edwards.  The live-in servants, employed by Margaret, were Mary James, farm servant; Elizabeth Hopkins, dairy maid and Richard Harris, farm labourer.

 One of Kirkhouse’s routines was that at the end of   the day he would hang up his silver watch in the   hallway on his way up to bed and pick it up the   following morning.  On the morning of Monday, 9th   September 1861, when Kirkhouse went to retrieve   his watch it was not hanging on its usual peg.  As   far  as he was concerned the only explanation for   the  absence of the watch was that it had been   stolen!

 Kirkhouse suspected his farm labourer Richard   Harris to be the thief. He was so confident of the   truth of his suspicion that Harris was, by Kirkhouse’s   order, apprehended and charged on suspicion of stealing a watch belonging to his master.  When brought before the magistrate Kirkhouse’s statement was found insufficient to commit Harris to the Quarter Sessions and consequently Harris was discharged.

Harris became very vocal about being falsely accused and threatened an action at law against Kirkhouse for violating his personal liberty.  The threat never materialised and in the following two months Harris verbally abused Kirkhouse, his daughter and son-in-law (Mr John Jenkins).  Words and threats finally came to blows when on Wednesday, 6th November 1861 when Harris waylaid Jenkins and demanded money in redress for the deformation of his character.  Harris threw stones at Jenkins and when a stone struck Jenkins in the face Harris told him that was his [Jenkins] share for slandering his character.  Jenkins directly reported the assault and Harris was found and summoned to appear on Friday next to answer the charges preferred against him.

Harris now realising his situation decided to get away and make a new start, but he needed money to do so. With this in mind he made his way to the shop of Lazarus Samuel, a Neath clock and watch maker and more to the point as far as Harris was concerned, a pawnbroker.  Harris produced an old silver watch case and some other bits of silver offering them for sale. When asked how he came by them Harris replied that he had let the watch fall out of his pocket and a cart had run over it.  Inspecting the peculiar watch case Samuel told Harris he would have expected the cart to have flattened the case rather than damaged it along its edge.  Opening the watch case Samuel recognised his markings on the inside. His paperwork recorded that the watch had been in for repair in 1855 and 1858 and was the property of William Kirkhouse.  Not wanting to give the game away Samuel told Harris to take a seat while he [Samuel] took the silver to be weighed.  Harris believing he was going to be cheated would not let Samuel go alone so they left the shop together to weigh the silver.

Part way down New Street Harris asked where they were going, to which Samuel replied “I am going to the Station House to have you taken in charge”.  Harris now changed his story saying that he had in fact found the watch case and if Samuel would let him go he [Samuel] could keep them.  Realising that Samuel was not going to change his mind Harris made a break for it but Samuel grabbed Harris’s coat and shouted for assistance.

 Having been taken into custody and charged with   stealing the watch Harris said he had not done so   and that the watch belonged to him.  Confronted   with the evidence he changed his story and stated   that he found it coming on the road from Aberavon   that morning.  Before being committed for trial   Harris stated: “I found the watch out in the yard on   top of the cheese, and I dashed it to pieces as soon   as I came back”

In December 1861 the Monmouthshire Merlin and the Cardiff Times reporting on the proceedings of the Winter Assizes stated the outcome of the case against Harris;

 'Richard Harris, 22, labourer, was charged with stealing a silver watch, of the value of £8, the property of Wm. Kirkhouse, at Neath, on the 9th of September, 1861. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour.'

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“Red has been prominent in Turkish flags for 700 years. The star and crescent are Muslim symbols, but also have a long pre-Islamic past in Asia Minor. The basic form of the national flag was apparently established in 1793 under Sultan Selim III, when the green flags used by the navy were changed to red and a white crescent and multipointed star were added. The five-pointed star dates from approximately 1844. Except for the issuance of design specifications, no change was made when the Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey and the caliphate (religious authority) was terminated. Many traditions explain the star and crescent symbol. It is known that Diana was the patron goddess of Byzantium and that her symbol was a moon. In 330, the Emperor Constantine rededicated the city – which he called Constantinople – to the Virgin Mary, whose star symbol was superimposed over the crescent. In 1453 Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks and renamed Istanbul, but its new rulers may have adopted the existing emblem for their own use”

“A reflection of the moon occulting a star, appearing in pools of blood after the battle of Kossovo in 1448 [the battle during which the Ottomans defeated the Christian forces and established the Ottoman Empirein Eastern Europe until the end of the XIXth century], led to the adoption of the Turkish flag by Sultan Murad II according to one legend. Others refer to a dream of the first Ottoman Emperor in which a crescent and star appeared from his chest and expanded, presaging the dynasty’s seizure of Constantinople. At least three other legends explain the flag.”

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Published: 06 Feb 2009 - 18:52 by budblogger

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Hi there. New to the site and have been enjoying browsing through some of the previous posts - an astonishing amount of info!

Anyway, I have a specific problem (squash-related!) that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm finding that now I'm playing stronger opponents although I'm doing my best to watch the ball I'm frequently getting caught out by being cross-courted. The problem seems to be that I don't react quickly enough to the ball being either driven hard or lobbed across me (often I'm already starting to shape my body for returning a straight drive and get completely wrong-footed), resulting in me scrambling to the back of the court. Usually the best I manage is a boast that, if I'm lucky, will nick (but usually the point is pretty much over by that point!).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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From raystrach - 25 Feb 2009 - 11:25

hi all

re the i-max or i-mask. i have use this eyewear and while it affords good all round protection, i did not continue its use as i was losing depth perception - perhaps by sometimes looking over the mask to high balls. having said that, i do know people who use it and find it very good.

i do use more conventional eyewear, the biggest issue being fogging. ensure that whatever you buy, they have an effective anti-fogging coating on the lens.

i have not used the dunlop product for at least three years, so they may not be the same now, but their anti-fog coating i found to be ineffective. these days i wear industrial eyewear with a soft nose bridge. they are cheap and effective.

on the subject of this post, a lot of the suggestions previously made are good, but the key to all this is the intitial decision making when repsonding to the opponent's shot. it is no good taking off quickly if it is in the wrong direction!

good players do not second guess what the opponent is going to do, they develop their decision making skills so they they can judge what the opponent is going to do at the earliest point in time.

plenty has been written on this topic - use the search or relevant content links to discover more

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From reynard - 25 Feb 2009 - 05:07

 I quite like the look of the Dunlop goggles. They look alright and I'll get a pair of them and give it a whirl.

I might just get a motorcycle crash helmet for my other worries

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From hamburglar - 25 Feb 2009 - 02:31

If you're hitting decent length, your opponent should be pressured into hitting cross courts.

Cross courts should be much easier to return as they come off the side wall with more angle than straight shots. You also have more chances to hit a x-court, when it's off the side wall, whereas a good straight shot may have to be tracked down for a ways until it comes away from the sidewall. It's harder to hit a good straight shot, much easier to slam it x-court, so you should really be sitting on the x-court.

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From rippa rit - 24 Feb 2009 - 19:22

There is I-MASK which is the full shield and that would be acceptable to your Dentist as well as your Opthalmogist.  This will give nose, teeth and eye protection and can be worn over specs.  I know Ray has played using this protection, and does wear protective eyewear. Check out Squash Safety.

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From reynard - 24 Feb 2009 - 18:08

Yeah Rippa I should get eyewear. I had never even seen eyewear in a sportshop here though. So the trouble is knowing which type is best to wear. I got a pair to try off a friend who is an optician but they really made it difficult to see and they steamed up lol.

The goggles wouldn't ahve helped me when I got hit by the raquet anyway just because of where I got hit. But it definitely affected my confidence a bit. It has gradually come back though. But I'm wary. Will take on board your advice of course and the footwork stuff too.

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From daveamour - 24 Feb 2009 - 15:56

I find that it can be very unnatural to watch the ball and watch the opponent hit the ball as it is natural to turn away to protect yourself.  I often play players much worse than myself and find this a great time to practice this by just playing good length all the time and not playing any winners - just try and keep the rallies going to practice getting back to the T, on your toes and watch and practice wathcing.  It is a skill just like anything else and practice makes perfect.

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From rippa rit - 24 Feb 2009 - 15:37   -   Updated: 24 Feb 2009 - 15:38

reynard - if you feel insecure when on the court about being hit, please consider eyewear.  The times that players get hit is when they take their eye off the ball, and then decide to have a look (just in case) and that is when the damage is done.

Definitely, if you cannot see the ball at all times when the ball is in play, your body position on the court is incorrect.  It is generally always necessary to keep the feet on the move while the ball is in flight to position the body according to the tightness/accuracy/inaccuracy of the shot.  If the shot is not right in the corner and not close to the wall, move away, watch, and get ready to run. It is false to think if you give up a metre of space you will not be able to move as quickly; if you watch you will be able to judge the height, angle and speed of the ball immediately it leaves the opponent's racket giving heaps more time to move into position.

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From reynard - 24 Feb 2009 - 08:54

I have only been playing squash for a couple of years now but I found it a bit of a problem to watch the ball. I took a racquet in the face from an opponent(accidentaly!!) and left a bit of blood on the court and since then I sometimes flinch when I get to close quarters with an opponent. I sometimes lose a point because I was scared to look even though I had plenty of time to do it and was in no real danger. I should probably get some eyewear for on court but I did try them one time and thoroughly hated them. They really interfered with my peripheral vision. I know I have just lost a bit of confidence after getting clipped like that but it will come back.

Anticipation just seems to come naturally. When you start to hit the ball roughly where you want it to go then you know that your opponent can only return your shot certain ways. It comes with experience I suppose. But I tend not to find that bit of the game a problem.

But watching the ball, particularly when my opponent isn't in one of the back corners worries me a bit.

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From rippa rit - 07 Feb 2009 - 16:01   -   Updated: 07 Feb 2009 - 19:03

Back to our Library content, ie watching the ball/reading the opponent's cues/wide eyes, etc.  You may already do some of these things during play without realising it.  It would be tiring to just watch the ball all the time, however flexing from wide to narrow eyes during the rally is the way to develop anticipation as well. Decision making is also a follow up of this topic where from these cues decisions as to what shot to play under particular circumstances has to be made, thus keeping the opponent under pressure.

As a comparison, next time you drive a car, you will notice you go from wide eyes (taking in lots of cues about the driving conditions when cruising along), and then when things get to, eg the lights, the focus is narrow (more immediate things like the distance from the car in front, the speed, braking, etc).

Can you relate to that?

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From rippa rit - 07 Feb 2009 - 13:05   -   Updated: 07 Feb 2009 - 13:08

Communication is good of course, and if it is specific it is even better.  Our "search" will bring up most articles with relevant key words, as daily I add key words to all squashgame content, but, not till the article is published.  Hey, don't get me wrong, and if you only write 3 o 4 lines who cares, but it is when members like Adz write an A4 page, it is hardly fair to  expect his previous wisdom to be ignored/repeated, and for others too, who try to give a comprehensive reply.

Hey, I am no good at "help" menus either, though it is good to get a bit of background before putting pen to paper, then the questions and answers become much more relevant to the player's problem, and not so repetitive.

Agree, our forum is great, so we want to keep the interaction going; and not turn any shy person away!!

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From budblogger - 07 Feb 2009 - 09:57

 Hi Paul, I think you might have hit on something there. I've actually taken a few lessons recently (just working on general technique) and the coach has pointed out that sometimes I'm a bit too eager to get to the ball and I should take my time and slow down. This is probably carried over into other areas of my game (normally when I'm a bit nervous and playing a better or unfamiliar opponent) and, now that youve mentioned it,  I do find myself occasionally having to go into reverse after initially making a move in the wrong direction (possibly trying to anticipate where my opponent is going to hit the ball rather than just getting ready). Will look into using the split-step more.

On the subject of repeat postings I can appreciate that it can be a real pain for people having to take the time to respond to the same questions over and over again. Hopefuly we can find a balance though because it's really great to have this sort of community.

Thanks again for all the advice (both on this thread and from all the previous postings) and I'm certainly looking forward to putting it into practice tomorrow!!

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From paul-sf - 07 Feb 2009 - 04:27

i wonder if you are in too much of a hurry. if i think that I need to react faster, I often end up guessing instead of watching the ball actually hitting my opponent's racquet. Taking a wrong step will make it impossible to reach a hard cross court shot.  i took a lesson recently where we worked on this issue and found that if I calmed down and didn't guess, I had plenty of time to reach the drive, boast, or the cross court if I was standing on the T. This was a huge confidence builder, since the coach was very good at deception and cloaking. If we are confident in our ability to reach just about any ball from the T, i think we're less likely to feel the need to jump before the actual shot is made.

The remedy the pro's seem to use for this is the split step. It's something I've tried in drills, but haven't integrated into play during games.

Dave, I agree with your point about posting. I think these forum's are great for connecting with other squash players and blowing off work for a few minutes a day. Rippa, I think you're posts are well intentioned to point users to read the previous content, but it can come off as discouraging anyone from posting unless you're *sure* it's new.

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From daveamour - 07 Feb 2009 - 03:47

From my point of view it doesn't matter if it's been discussed before - the act of actually communicating rather than just reading others conversations is both enjoyable and valuable I think.

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From budblogger - 07 Feb 2009 - 01:37

Thanks for all the advice. In addition to this, I've also spent some time reading through the relevant content info - apologies, since it looks like some of this has been discussed (at length!!) before.

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From daveamour - 06 Feb 2009 - 21:08

As an afterthought, when you are playing a drive out of the back corner and you see your opponent is too close to you or facing you too much then play a cross court yourself!

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From daveamour - 06 Feb 2009 - 21:06

Often when you get court out by a cross court then maybe you are too close to the opponent or your torso is facing your opponent too much.

Try and be in the T when your opponent plays his shot and turn your torso slightly towards him but not too much.  If you turn too much or are too close then it is dificult to react to a cross court.

After playing your shot you must get back to the T as quickly as possible and ideally be on your toes with your weight slightly leant forwards ready and as your opponent hits the ball you do a split step and move off in the correct direction.  Also you must watch the ball of course but also watch you opponent  - how they are standing, racket preperation, racket swing etc.  Don't forget that deception can be used so these other things can give you a clue but ultimatley it is the ball you must watch as it leaves your opponents racket and that is when you should move off in the right direction using a split step movement.

Hope this all makese sense and helps.

Ghosting is excelent practice for this kind of thing as is watching pros on youtube - don't watch the ball  - just watch the players - see how they see and see how they move and use the split step.

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From rippa rit - 06 Feb 2009 - 19:59   -   Updated: 06 Feb 2009 - 20:05

Bud, welcome to the forum.  Firstly, I will ask, have you checked out the Squash Library menus, as well as Squashgame Gold that has troubleshooting etc so you will surely find some useful info.

It seems to me that you are moving backwards to the centre court and not watching the ball as well as tracking your opponent at all times.  In this video clip (from the Gold Library) take note of the footwork from the front corner where Zac always keeps his eye on the ball as he moves into position.

Check out the Relevant Content tab in the lefthand column for more reading.

As you are new to the forum, check out the Forum Archives, for some good reading.

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