Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
Having dealt originally with just about all the all key principles of decision making in treatise form, we carry on by zeroing in on specific questions we’re received over time.
HEY REF! I...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
Having originally dealt with all the key principles of decision making in treatise form, we carry on the explanations by zeroing in on questions we’ve received over the years.
HEY REF! My opponent’s...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I was refereeing a match recently and made a key decision—and quickly realized I had made a mistake. It was not a judgment issue, but about the actual rule. Should...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! What happens if I was given time to fix a bleeding cut in the first game—but in the second game it starts to bleed again?
You are out of luck and...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q & A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I was getting out of trouble in the front left corner with a high lob right over myself. My opponent called ‘Let’ as the ball was fourteen or fifteen feet...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q & A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I made a good drop shot (admittedly not a winner) from the T because my opponent’s previous poor shot set me up there—and then my opponent came up against me...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! After I’d won a long rally, my opponent asked the Referee: “Were all balls good?” The ref hesitated for a moment and said that he wasn’t sure about one return early on that...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I heard that there are new rules as of January 2014. Is that true—and will that cause any changes to the way we play?
It’s not so much new rules as it...
Are You Appealing?
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Depends what I’m wearing! Badda- boom! OK, old joke; couldn’t resist. Nonetheless, it’s a common question from the Referee. Something happens, play stops, and we assume an...
The ‘Interrupted Winning Return’
By Barry Faguy
There are a whole bunch of places where the concept of ‘winning return’ appears in the rules. We don’t have the space to deal with all of them, but we’ll clear up...