Squash Tips Part 3

This time I'd like to explain about the terminology.

The words explaind before

  Kinds of shots
     Straigh drive
     Cross court drive
     Boast
     Drop
     Lob shot(This is not explained before but you can imagine this shot.)
     Volley shot(This is not explained before but you can imagine this shot.)

  Refree's calls
     Let     Yes, let.  No let.
     Stroke  Stroke to ...

Game and match
   A match consists of 3 games or 5 games.
   The word SET is not used in squash.

Warm up
   To warm up the ball before the actual rallies.
   2 minutes and 30 seconds at each side of the court.

Half time
   The notification of 2 minutes and 30 seconds have passed
   and players are needed to change the side.
   If the both of the players agreed not to change, it's
   allowed.

Spin for service
   To spin the racket to decide the server at the begining of
   the match.

Fifteen seconds
   The notification of 90 seconds interval finishes in 15 seconds.
   The players should be ready in the court in 15 seconds.

Time
   Time to start the game.

Hand out
   The notification of right of the service will be changed.

Not up
   The markers call when a player failed to return the ball
    within 1 bound on the floor.

Board
   The bottom line of the front wall above the tin.

Tin
   The bottom part of the front wall bellow the bottom line.

From left box or from Right box
   Notification when the server is trying to make a service from
   the wrong side service box.

Stop
   A call to stop the play in wrong situation.
   For instance the ball was not up but the players
   are trying to continue the play.  And the marker
   stops the play.

   Stop!  The ball was not up.
   Stop!  The ball was out.

Out
   The service or ball of the rally is out of the court or on the
   line of the out line.

Fault
   The call when the ball of the service hit between
   the service line and board.

Down
   The call when the ball hit under the board.

Foot fault
   The call when at least one foot of the server is out of
   the service box or on the service box line.

The ball was good.
   The call when the player claimed that the ball was out or
   fault but the refree decided ball was not out nor fault.

Nick
   The touching point of the wall and the floor or
   front wall and the side wall which is touching in 90 degrees.
   If the ball hit the nick the direction of the ball changes
   and it is hard to return the ball.
   Some good players are aiming the nicks.

Draw
   Draw of the tournament which lists the names of the
   players who plays with who.

Default
   In absent to the match.



MARKER'S GUIDELINES

   In general the correct order of calls is:
   1. Anything affecting the score.
   2. The score (with the server's score always called first).
   3. Comments on the score:

   Examples are:
     "Not up, hand-out 4-3."
     "Down, 8-all, set one, game ball."
     "Out, 8-all, set two."
     "Yes let, 3-4."
     "No let, hand-out, 5-7."
     "Stroke to Jones, 8-2, match ball."
     "Foot fault, hand-out, love-all."
     "Fault" (appeal by server, Referee uncertain). "Let, 8-3, game ball."

      Match introduction:
      "Smith serving, Jones receiving, best of 5 games, love-all."

     End of a game:
     "9-7, game to Smith. Smith leads one game to love."
     "10-9, game to Smith. Smith leads two games to love."
     "9-3, game to Jones. Smith leads two games to one."
     "9-4, game to Jones, two games all."
     "10-8, match to Smith, 9-7, 10-9, 3-9, 4-9, 10-8."

      Start of subsequent game:
      "Smith leads one game to love, love-all."
      "Two games all, love-all."

       After award of Conduct penalty:
       "Stroke to Smith, 7-2".
      "9-7, game to Jones, two games all".