Purpose: Murray. James. Pers. Mandeljc. <5 Vuckovic (2018) described shot selection in squash from a situation awareness (SA) perspective (Endsley. 1995). Shot selections of two elite players, ranked as the top two players in the world at the time of data collection, were analysed to provide a more detailed analysis of the differences evident between players of very similar ability. Methods: Matches at the 2011 (n = 9) Rowe British Grand Prix, held in Manchester. UK were recorded and processed using Tracker software (Vuckovic. et al.. 2014). The shot type (n=25) and ball location for each shot (denoted player A), excluding serve, return of serve and rally ending shots (winners, errors, lets and strokes), were recorded along with the same information for both the preceeding shot (B-1) and following shot (B+1). Additional information regarding time, speed and distance were recorded both between shots and at the time player A hit the ball. Results: Differences were evident both between matches and between players in terms of the proportion of shots categorised according to attacking or defensive pressure. Conclusion: Previous studies that have grouped players according to ability level have limited the usefulness of their findings, identified as a 'theory-practice gap` (Mackenzie and Cushion. 2013). as the results in this paper present the differences evident between very similarly ranked players. Grouping players and presenting an average value therefore fails to account for individual differences, of great importance in the applied setting.
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