Local Call: Prescription to Safety
Are you a squash player who wears prescription glasses while playing squash? Are prescription glasses your substitute for wearing protective eyewear? Please be aware...
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...
Local Call: Top Back Wall Out
With the continued introduction of glass back courts has come some confusion about the ‘out line’ across the top of the glass. In a...
Rule 21: The Unwritten Rule of Squash
By Rod Symington, WSF Senior Referee Assessor
It has long been a mystery to me why so many players do not bother to read the...
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...
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...
Local Call: Stay on Court!
Have you ever stepped off court to argue a call with the officials? Or decided that what you thought was your lucky racquet is no longer your lucky racquet—so...
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...
US Squash Revamps Rating Algorithm and Officiating Program
By Molly Davidson
US Squash started 2014 by introducing some major changes to both the rating and ranking system as well as the refereeing and officiating program....