Junior squash players can use these quizzes to brush up on the rules of our sport. Good Luck!
In all cases only one answer is correct and you can take as long as you like to finish. You can also do the quiz as often as you like.
When making contact with the ball on the serve the server has one foot outside the service box and one foot on the line. The correct call is
'Fault'
'Stop'
'Foot Fault'
No call needed as the serve is good
What is the marker's call when the score reaches 10-All for the first time in the match?
10-All Set Two
10-All
10-All player to win by 2 clear points
10-All player to win by 2 points
Where one person is acting as both marker and referee can you appeal their call of, for example, 'not up'?
No
Yes
A player plays a drop shot but before he / she can clear is barged into by his / her opponent who is attempting to get to the ball. The player is injured and asks for recovery time. What should the referee do?
Allow 3 minutes for a 'self-inflicted' injury.
Allow 15 minutes and a further 15 minutes if needed as it is a contributed injury.
Award the match to the opponent if more than 15 minutes in required to recover as it is an 'opponent inflicted' injury.
Allow no time as play must be continuous.
A player falls due to an accidental collision between the players. How much time is allowed for the player to recover?
No time is allowed for this as play must be continuous.
15 minutes maximum
15 minutes followed by another 15 minutes if that is needed.
As long as is needed for the player to recover.
At the end of the match the marker should call the result of the match including the games won and the points scored. For example Match to Dwyer 3 games to 2; 8/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/5, 14/12.
"Match to Dwyer" will do.
"Match to Dwyer 3-2 will do.
There is no need to call any result.
Yes, games and points should be included.
The player thinks that the ball is broken and stops the rally and requests a let. The ball is not broken. As referee you should
Deny the let and award the point to the opponent.
Allow the let.
A player appeals for a let because of excessive swing by the opponent but the opponent's ball goes down (or out). What is the referee's decision?
No Let
Stroke to the player
The player wins the rally and there is no need to decide on the appeal.
Yes Let
A string breaks and the player requests time to replace the racket. How much time is allowed for this?
90 seconds
2 minutes
3 minutes
As long as it takes to get a replacement racket
You think that your opponent's serve is a fault but play on and lose the rally. Can you successfully appeal the serve?
Yes.
No, you must call for a let immediately and it's too late at the end of the rally.