Fitness test
A squash-specific fitness test from the research literature. Signals speed up automatically, and it tells you whether the change from last time is within measurement error or beyond it.
Android app · Wear OS watch
Coming soonSQUASHMETRIC
Squash ghosting, measured — not guessed. Test your fitness, get the next four weeks planned, then retest four weeks later.
Coming soon to Google PlaySee features ↓
All features free until 20 Feb 2027 · No account, records stay on your phone · Android phone + Wear OS watch (optional)
Demo video coming soon
Demo — open today’s plan from Home, follow the signals on court, and check the report.
Training screen
Run to the cone that lights up,
Run to the cone that lights up,
before the triangle runs out, back to the T.
This is the app’s training screen. When one of six cones lights up, go there and back to the T. The triangle at the T is the time left — it blinks in the last half-second. The time is the real round-trip distance to that cone divided by your current level’s speed.
- 1Measure — fitness testSix cones; the pace rises about every minute until you can’t keep up. Your result is the time you lasted and your level (e.g. 12-2).
- 2Train — four-week planOpen Home and today’s intensity is set. It rises each week; week 4 is a recovery week with half the sets.
- 3RetestIn week 4 you take the fitness test again, and the next four weeks are set from the result.
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What it does
Four-week plan
Your test sets the intensity and sets for weeks 1–4. One “How was it?” after each session tunes the next. 15–20 minutes a session.
Retest · Real change
The first two tests are familiarisation, so they are not compared. Official records start from the third. VO2max is shown only as an estimate with an error range.
Match simulation
Sets to 11 built from real-match rally patterns, with recovery heart rate checked during the 90 seconds between sets.
Free training
Choose zones, timers and sets yourself — your way.
Watch heart rate
Wear OS watch (optional). Shows the levels where you reach 80% and 90% of the peak heart rate measured on court. Without a watch, records and plans work the same.
Records stay on your phone
No account. No developer server, no analytics or ad tools. Heart rate needs separate consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
Free for now
All features free until 20 Feb 2027. There are no payments in the app, so you are never charged. We will tell you 30 days before any switch to paid.
Evidence
We use published methods.
We use published methods.
And we state the limits.
| Fitness test speed scale · VO2max conversion | Micklewright & Papadopoulou (2008), International Journal of Sports Medicine |
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| Measurement error · change criteria | The paper above; James et al. (2019), Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research |
| Positions of the six cones on court | Girard et al. (2005), British Journal of Sports Medicine |
| Movement ratios and rally types in real matches | Murray et al. (2016), Journal of Sports Sciences |
| Ghosting method | Kingsley et al. (2006), Journal of Sports Sciences |
Limits — VO2max is an estimate converted from your result by formula · The body’s response to match simulation has not yet been validated · Peak heart rate uses the value measured on court, not the age formula (220 − age) · SQUASHMETRIC is not a medical device.
Next · Coming
Take your first fitness test
Coming soon to Google Play
Coming next
Match recording
Film your match and just tap the score on your watch — then pull out any rally as a video with a scoreboard.
ComingTournament operations
Draws, scores and result sharing for club tournaments, on one phone.
ComingiPhone · Apple Watch
Android only for now.
ComingTake your first fitness test
on court today.
Coming soon to Google Play
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