Officiating Resources

Thank you for visiting this page and therefore demonstrating your interest in being the best and fairest Ref you can be!

 

To begin with, let’s cover some basic behavioural expectations.

 

Any of the following kinds of behaviour, or lateness back on court, are simply UNACCEPTABLE.

 

• Throwing racquet, hitting racquet on wall, hitting the ball back to your opponent carelessly.
• Arguing with the officials.
• Being aggressive or disrespectful towards your opponent or officials, before, during or after your match.

 

These actions will not be tolerated by Officials. Conduct warnings or even conduct strokes should be applied by anyone officiating over a match.  All referees, qualified or not, may award a conduct warning, conduct stroke or conduct match.

 

All players must understand that bad behaviour will not be tolerated.

 

Players have 90 seconds between games and the 15 second call is to give players time to be back on court ready to play at the call of ‘time’.

 

A few good etiquette points:

• Shake your opponent’s hand at the end of the match before leaving the court.
• Thank the Officials (Marker and Referee).
• Applaud good play (and do not clap at opponent’s errors).
• Have respect for the Club, the facility, employees and volunteers.
• Those who win a match should offer to buy a drink for their opponent.

 

 

 

What are Markers Meant to Say/Call?

 

What are Referees Meant to Say/Call?

 

There are some rules out there which catch even the best referee! Do you know what to do in the following situations?

 

• Rule 14 – Injury, Illness and Bleeding 
• Rule 9 – Ball Hitting a Player 
• Interference Rule 8 – Direct Access
• Interference Rule 8 – Excessive Swing
• Interference Rule 8 – Freedom to Strike the Ball
• Interference Rule 8 – General Interference
• Interference Rule 8 – Racket Swing
• Interference Rule 8 – Turning    
• Faults (Rules 5.7, 5.8)
• Not up/Down – do you know the difference? (Appendix 1 – Definitions)
• Who does what in a match? (Rules 3.6, 3.7)
• Further attempts (Rules 5.7.1, 6.2.1, 8.12, 9.1.4, 9.2.2)
• Fallen objects (Rule 13)

 

So you think you can ‘ref’?  Let’s see… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE30AD38FE9D63939

 

Conduct Report Form:  https://squashwa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Conduct-Report-Form.pdf