Another Break in the Ball
When a ball breaks, if either player identifies the issue after a rally then a let is granted, and the point is replayed. A...
Local Call: May I Play Through?
Within the close confines of a squash court, physical contact between the players is inevitable. A good percentage of the time, it is incidental and...
Local Call: Returning Serve
During the serve, the returning player may stand wherever they wish—even if not in the back quadrant of the court where the serve is...
Local Call: Sharing the Ball
This past January, the rules of squash singles were adjusted to limit the warm-up to a maximum of four minutes, replacing the previous rule...
Local Call: Backswing Contact
In the small confines of a squash court, it is sometimes unavoidable that incidental contact occurs between a player’s racquet and the opponent. There...
Local Call: Mental Turning
Anytime the ball passes behind and around a player from backhand to forehand or vice versa—whether or not that player’s body physically spins around...
Foot Fault? You’re Calling a Foot Fault?
It’s one of the very first things you learn when you begin playing squash. After figuring out about all the confusing lines on the...
Local Call: Illegal Advice
There are instances in squash when, unbeknownst to even those competing in the match, a rule is broken. Outside coaching of players during a...
Local Call: See Something, Say Something?
“Did you see that?” “Did you hear that?” Although at many tournaments, crowd reactions—ooohs and aahhs, cheers and shouts of encouragement—are commonplace and players...
Local Call: Give Me a Break
The summer months are upon us, but diehard squash fans won’t be too far away from a squash court. As temperatures rise outside, courts...