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Talking to Borja Golan

First, where is it, and when?

The camp will be in Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands and the people can choose any period between the 2nd to the 12th June. The duration of the camp will be 5 days but could be shorter or longer depending on the time people have and possible flight availability.

Is it the first time you organise such a camp?

In the past I've organised similar camps for both juniors and adults. I know WorldEnjoyer have also delivered similar camps, these are operated by my friend and international squash coach, Tino Casas.

We were chatting about this and decided to work together to offer this squash holiday, bringing together the best we both have to offer to make a unique holiday for squash players.

We wanted a great venue and Club La Santa on Lanzarote is the perfect place for sports people with its unique set up, it provides a fantastic combination of holiday in a relaxed but focused sports environment.

When you coach, what is your aim? Is it to help players getting better generally, or do you have specific targets/themes?

Depending of their level I like to offer different advice, for example, if it's a beginner, the advice is about basic technique but if the player is more experienced, they've developed their own style and therefore need more specific points unique to them.

What I try to do is make the training really dynamic to maintain their attention and keep the motivation levels high. The most important thing is that the players enjoy the training, work hard and learn something, this way they will improve.

Is it something you would like to do more and more in a few years?

For sure. It is what I most like and also where I have more knowledge so I only need one more thing, the confidence of the people to work with me. I want to organise camps in different and exciting places to combine squash and leisure time, whilst squash is my job, I know that people come on these camps for their holiday so it's important they can enjoy both squash and have a great holiday.

Tino and I do like the set up in Club La Santa and it's our plan to come back to Lanzarote every year for the adults Squash Camps.

If you have done it before, what is your best memory out of a camp? And your worst!

I loved when I ran junior camps because I spent so much time with kids and young players and they are so funny. They have such a different vision of life and they are always happy and with a smile on their faces.

The hardest part for me is when I'm in training as I have to combine the holiday and my own training to keep up the level I need to play at for up and coming events. I can spend 12 hours at the club and this is really tiring if you have to do it for 2 weeks!

I know that when I teach somebody something, it helps me understand myself what I'm teaching better. Do you find it as well? Do you find you actually improve after coaching?

Sometimes you know the concept but if you don't used it you forget it. But when you coach you're always coming up with different practices and this helps to refresh your knowledge, so that help you for sure. Also I'm always learning things from other people I work with, both as a player and a coach. It's great!

I know you've worked a lot with John Milton. Are you inspired from his coaching to coach yourself? Or do you just do things you feel? Or a mixture of all?

John is an example for me. Firstly as a person and secondly as great motivator and coach. He understands the game so well and most importantly he knows how to communicate his ideas. Of course he is a great example for me but I also have my own ideas. Hopefully one day I can be as good coach as him.

Anything else to add ?

WorldEnjoyer has delivered successful squash holidays and camps across Spain for 12 years, each year offering more options and dates. We are now offering these opportunities to a greater number of international clients and want to share an offer with you.

The great thing is they offer bespoke squash holidays and training camps designed specifically for squash players from your country. I'm pleased to be working with Tino and WorldEnjoyer as they bring new ideas and experiences and this will help us deliver a fantastic experience to everyone who come on the camps

Both Tino and I prefer one week camps as this offers the best combination of holiday and squash experience. We also like to offer camps at competitive prices as providing a great service is important to us.

If people want to join us they just need to get in touch!



                 

You can check More Adult and Junior camps at www.worldenjoyer.com