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 international softball squash, this was always the traditional officiating system,...
Doubles: Changes to Turning Rule
By Mike McGorry
In 1991, the USSRA’s Doubles Rules Committee voted to change the “around” or “turning” rule. Previously, if a player came around or turned on the ball he/she was only entitled to a let...
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” with the Referee, when he looked up at the packed...
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 fifth game of the 5.5. Final of Minnesota’s “Indian...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I broke my racquet and after changing it, I wanted to hit the ball a few times to get a feel for it—but my opponent refused and insisted we play...
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 of the body—and it often makes us incapable of uttering...
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: Bleeding, Illness, Disability and Injury. The title itself is frightening...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
HEY REF! I’ve noticed that in so many cases, there is no
audible appeal when a player is asking for a let. I thought the rules required us to actually say “Let”. If not,...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! I’m now pretty confused hearing different refs calling all kinds of things like “Down”, “Carry”, “Not up”, “Scoop”, “Double, etc—for all kinds of different things, and sometimes for the same...
Hey Ref! An ‘Official’ Q&A
By Barry Faguy
HEY REF! Can I stand wherever I want to receive the serve?
Sure. There are no rules mandating a particular place for the receiver to receive serve. However, common sense would suggest that...