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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ‘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...