Welcome Valentin - the members have given good sound adivce.
I know of one player who at 40 years of age became our North Qld Champion, and a very fanatical squash player/coach. 
It was fascinating to watch him, and the speed at which he changed hands, in fact you would doubt your eyes!
This gentleman came from Spain to Australia at about 23 years of age and was a top Jai-alai player  hence his skill and speed with the ball.  So he was unique, a true competitor.
His sons, one of which was the National coach for Spain a few years ago, played with the conventional style - all 3 sons were coached by their father, and used the conventional methods very successfully, and were ranked state players.
Summing up, unless you have a background similar to the above, do as the others suggest, and give it a good go for some months and I am sure you will not regret the decision.  Now is the time to do it, as you have nothing to lose at this point in your squash career.
Good luck, and please keep us informed.

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I know of a few people who played two handed at a very basic beginners level and i was soon able to beat them easily by moving the ball fast from side to side, too fast for them to change hands easily and their backhand was too weak for them to be able to do much with these shots.  I agree with slavi, pick a hand and improve it.  I would also say that i have found by backhand side to be my stronger defensive side so i has its uses i feel.

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Welcome to the club, Valentin,

first of all, I have a question, where do you play squash in Romania. I've been visiting Bucharest several times in 2005 and the only places with squash were the hotels :)

Second of all, you are right about your "problem", playing only forehand in squash is a problem. At least this is impression that I have reading your post. My suggestion would be to choose your "better" hand and start to play only with one hand, just to free your mind from thinking about switching hands in the game...

I am pretty sure that Rita&Ray and the other members will give you more advices and hints. In my opinion it is pre-condition for squash player to choose one hand (even when you are comfortably playing using both of your hands), to focus on the proper footwork and stroke techique...

Multumesk :-)

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