Enriching Practice Understanding for Leisure-Time Squash Players

Abstract

Squash is widely played for fitness and enjoyment, yet many leisure-time players practice without professional coaching or structured feedback. Because rallies unfold quickly, players may struggle to follow the ball, judge shot validity, identify decisive moments, and recall what happened after a session. Practice videos can support review, but raw footage often remains difficult to interpret. In this poster, we present an exploratory study on enriching squash practice videos to support leisure-time players’ understanding of their own practice. We gathered feedback from squash players to identify key review needs, including ball visibility, trajectory, court areas, shot validity, and rally-level summaries. Based on these needs, we designed video-based visual and auditory cues, such as ball highlights, trajectory traces, court-area guidance, shot indicators, and brief post-rally summaries. We embedded these cues into recorded first-person squash practice videos and used them as probes to examine how players interpret and reflect on their practice. Our work highlights opportunities for making squash practice more understandable and helpful for leisure-time players.