Ok im still confused but sort of getting there, so ok a few things

1. Boast: basically you are hitting the boast at a 45 degree angle in relation to the 90 degree angle your back foot (closest to back wall) is and that should allow you to find the nick area on a boast (is this exact becasue obviously in some areas of the court this rule does not work)

2. For a drop shot to the front, in order to find the nick (so that it doesn't pop out fat), you take the half the distance from the ball to the side wall, and that distance is the spot on the front wall you aim for, so that, when ball hits front wall, it either will hit nick or just die out.

I tried drawing these and still get confused.  

Are my examples above, the aiming point I use, correct or am i still missing something?

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No I don't think you do understand.  When you looked at the diagram on the link above, did you see there was a rectangle formed by the pathway of the boast, almost as though you got a ruler and put it there to copy the hitting angle and the finishing angle?

I should have asked you if you have looked at our Library/Squash Technique/Boast  and it is explained well and with a diagram,  So the guy in the photo is standing parallel to the side wall, is striking the ball opposite his back foot (which is 90 deg to the wall), yet aiming into the wall at a 45 deg angle.

Read the Library and then come back to me after you experiment with those angles.

Read the trouble shooting as well and it gives lots of hints.

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 ok i totally understand what you mean...but i thought that post meant you were trying to explain how to hit closest to the Nick with a boast or a drive..thats why i was confused...

i couldn't understand the "calculations" for boasting...

i assumed you were trying to explain how to get the nick via a boast or drive.

ok so since that isnt the case, how do you properly hit a boast (using geometry) to get close to the nick, and, how do you hit a drop shot, so that you make it roll out (I know a nick is a bit risky if you miss it) using geomtry and your angles theory, that is really want I want to figure out.

the angles are really interesting to me, and I think if i can learn them better my game will rise drastically 

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Maybe I can see angles that you cannot see.  What do you see when you look at the diagrams in Drills/Routines?

So you can see a rectangle, ie the court.  If you are standing hitting from the righthand wall to the lefthand wall the approximate target is half-way along the front wall.  If you are standing in the middle of the court the rectangle becomes smaller, so your aiming point to get the ball to go to the opposite wall or corner, is half of that angle.

When you serve, depending if you are left or righthanded, there is a different angle formed from the hitting position.  When you are righthanded the approximate front wall target is the centre of the court (depending  where you aim from in the service box).  From the lefthand court the angle is much smaller particularly if you lean across to hit the ball (almost being on the half-court line) making the target from that box about 3/4 across the front wall.  I suppose it is a bit like billiards/snooker in theory.

Has this given you a different perspective?  Without these targets in your mind how can you expect to find an aiming point, and it is not much good just aiming at the whole front wall, or side wall depending on the stroke you are playing and expecting the ball to mysteriously hit the corners or side wall nick.  Once you get the idea you will not hit so many shots back to your opponent, or back to yourself, or down the middle of the court.?

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