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...
Crossing The Flight (CTF)
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
You’ve seen it a million times. The non-striker, having just hit the ball, now moves across from the side towards center, crossing either the ball’s return path...
Putting Water in the Wine!
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
That doesn’t sound like much of a good idea, does it? It’s not a good idea for any restaurant to do that, but when it comes to Squash,...
Clearing the ‘T’ Mind-Set?
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
This question is from a while back, and though we have touched on some of its principles, it’s worth a review since what happens here is extremely...
Poor Behavior
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Unfortunately, many sports contain an element of poor behavior in their practice-and Squash is one of them. You have no doubt seen some officials take an emotional...
Let’s Talk ‘Exceptions’
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
The rules are often very categorical, and there are enough of them that it is quite natural for folks to try to simplify them to avoid confusion. However,...
Contact on the Follow-Through
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Preamble
In the past, we featured a basic article about interference to the swing. Here, we get a bit more specific and deal only with the follow-through—the third...
All About ‘Turning’!
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Here’s another well-known action in the sport that we have often referred to only incidentally in other articles. However, if you a half-decent job when it’s your turn...
Using the “No Let”
By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
I suppose we could quip that the reason so few ‘No Lets’ are given is because so few players actually ask for one! It is, of course, the...