Wanna Change Some Rules?!

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee How about allowing two bounces?! OK—not a good idea; but surely there are some things you would like to see different in the game? What’s been bugging you about...

Watch Your Language! Part 2

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee We now move to our second and final contribution regarding ‘Explanations’—essentially dealing with what you should or should not say to players to explain your decisions when you’re officiating a...

Watch Your Language! Part 1

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Nope—we ain’t talkin’ ‘bout cussin’ this time round. We’re talking about what you should or should not say to players to explain your decisions when you’re in the...

Cheating!

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee There are obviously many ways a player can cheat in Squash—but the ways we’re focusing on today are hidden in a euphemism. Of course, political correctness precludes having a...

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink #4

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Here’s the fourth (and last) in this short series dealing with what can be called ‘conventions’—used here in the sense of ‘under- standings’ where we don’t necessarily follow...

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink! #3

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Here’s the third in a short series of short articles dealing with what can be called ‘conventions’—used here in the sense of ‘understandings’ where we don’t necessarily follow...

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink! #2

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Here’s the second in a short series of short articles dealing with what can be called ‘conventions’—used here in the sense of ‘understandings’ where we don’t necessarily follow...

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink!

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee We now begin a short series of short articles dealing with what can be called ‘conventions’—used here in the sense of ‘understandings’ where we don’t necessarily follow the letter of...

The Uncertainty Principle

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Well, there’s a catchy title stolen from the lexicon of quantum physics—hinting that maybe we’ve at last found a unified field theory of officiating—and so ending all of...

Is Timing Everything?

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Well...in Squash, yes. And you won’t need a watch. Our subject here relates to the moment one of the players makes an appeal—and how you, as a referee, need...