When the Warm-Up Gets Hot
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
I am constantly astonished at the amount of correspondence I receive on the topic of the warm-up....
The Irish Bachelor—or Having It Both Ways
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
An Irish bachelor was once asked if he were married. He replied: “Unfortunately, not—thank God!”
Many squash players seem...
How I Spent My Summer Holidays A Caribbean Cruise
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
We all know that the biggest problems on the squash court result from interference: There are just too...
Playing the Body, Not the Ball
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
I have a regular correspondent in India who sends me questions about the Rules, describing various scenarios...
What is Fair View?
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
There is perhaps no other aspect of the Rules that is as misunderstood as the concept of...
What Goes Around Comes Around The Reinvention of the 3-Referee System
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
The Rules of Squash (18.1) state: “A Referee, assisted by a Marker, normally controls a match.” In...
Who Am I Talking To Anyway? What the Referee needs to do before...
Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
A couple of years ago Jonathon Power was indulging during his match in one of his periodic “discussions”...
You Need Glasses! What to do if the Referee can’t see
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
In a Letter to the Editor (P. 4), there is an account of a controversy that arose in...
The Tongue-tied Referee How to avoid trouble—or get yourself out of it
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Stress does strange things to us: It causes serious physiological reactions in the brain and the rest...
Ouch! That Hurts! How to Get the Bleeding Rule Right Every Time
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
There is perhaps no other Rule in squash that referees get wrong more often than Rule 16:...