FIR Summary Guidelines fr Referees Table Tennis The guidelines are written fr singles events; yu shuld fllw the same principles fr dubles events The scre sheet will be handed t the referee by the players Check the table tennis rackets f the players Draw lts, winner decides whether t start serving r receiving Mark SERVER n scre sheet (and in dubles mark the SERVER and the RECEIVER) The player wh is receiving decides which end t start frm Write start time f the match (befre warm-up starts) n the scre sheet Allw maximum 3 minutes warm-up Call HALF TIME at 1:30 minutes Call 30 SECONDS at 2:30 minutes Call TIME at 3:00 minutes The set is played t 21 pints, except that if the scre reaches 20-20, the set is extended until ne player has a margin f tw pints; the persn serving at 20-20 will serve fr that rally, and the ther player will serve in the next rally, and s n When ne player reaches 11 pints, the players are allwed t take a 1 minute break and the players change ends In the unlikely event f an act f miscnduct (such as racket abuse), annunce YELLOW CARD, recrd this n the scre sheet, and apply the apprpriate rule (there is anther nte which has guidance n the Rules f Cnduct and the effect f Yellw Cards); in dubles events, it is imprtant t nte that the yellw card applies t the pair (regardless f which member f the pair carried ut the act f miscnduct) On cmpletin f the set, cmplete the scre sheet: Verify the scre with the players Write time f cmpletin n the scre sheet Remind the players f the 3 minute changever rule Give the scre sheet t the players s that they can take it t the badmintn referee In the team events (eg WC teams, EC teams, and Champins League): Same as abve, except Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
- draw lts, winner decides whether t start serving r receiving; this decisin applies t the whle team - maximum warm-up allwed is 1 minute - the set is played t 15 pints, except that if the scre reaches 14-14, the set is extended until ne player has a margin f tw pints - when ne player reaches 8 pints, the players are allwed t take a 30 secnds break and the players change ends Other pints t nte: - if the ball breaks during a rally, the referee shuld call LET Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
FIR Summary Guidelines fr Referees Badmintn The guidelines are written fr singles events; yu shuld fllw the same principles fr dubles events The scre sheet will be handed t the referee by the players Check the scre sheet wh shall serve: the player wh started serving in the table tennis set will start receiving in the badmintn set Mark SERVER n the scre sheet (and in dubles mark SERVER and RECEIVER) The player wh is receiving decides which end t start frm Check the scre sheet t see what time the table tennis set was cmpleted, and ensure warm-up begins within 3 minutes f that time Allw maximum 3 minutes warm-up. Call HALF TIME at 1:30 minutes Call 30 SECONDS at 2:30 minutes Call TIME at 3:00 minutes The set is played t 21 pints, except that if the scre reaches 20-20, the set is extended until ne pair has a margin f tw pints; the player serving at 20-20 will serve frm the right curt fr that rally, and the ther player will serve frm the right curt in the next rally; if the scre reaches 21-21, the player serves frm the left curt fr that rally, and the ther player serves frm the left curt in the next rally, and s n When ne player reaches 11 pints, the players are allwed t take a 1 minute break and the players change ends In the unlikely event f an act f miscnduct (such as racket abuse) annunce YELLOW CARD, recrd this n the scre sheet, and apply the apprpriate rule (there is anther nte which has guidance n the Rules f Cnduct and the effect f Yellw Cards); in dubles events, it is imprtant t nte that the yellw card applies t the pair (regardless f which member f the pair carried ut the act f miscnduct) On cmpletin f the set, cmplete the scre sheet: Verify the scre with the players Write time f cmpletin n the scre sheet Remind the players f the 3 minute changever rule Give the scre sheet t the players s that they can take it t the squash referee Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
In the team events (eg WC teams, EC teams, and Champins League): Same as abve, except - maximum warm-up allwed is 1 minute - the set is played t 15 pints, except that if the scre reaches 14-14, the set is extended until ne player has a margin f tw pints - when ne player reaches 8 pints, the players are allwed t take a 30 secnds break and the players change ends Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
FIR Summary Guidelines fr Referees - Squash The guidelines are written fr singles events; yu shuld fllw the same principles in dubles events (thugh nte that in a racketln dubles event, the first-named players in each pair play singles, and then the secndnamed players play singles): The scre sheet will be handed t the referee by the players Check the scre sheet wh shall serve: the player wh started serving in the table tennis set will start serving in the squash set (in a dubles event, the first-named player frm the pair wh started serving in the table tennis set will start serving in the squash set, and the first-named player frm the ther pair will start receiving) Mark SERVER n the scre sheet Check the scre sheet t see what time the badmintn set was cmpleted, and ensure warm-up begins within 3 minutes f that time Allw maximum 3 minutes warm-up. Call HALF TIME at 1:30 minutes Call 30 SECONDS at 2:30 minutes Call TIME at 3:00 minutes The set is played t 21 pints, except that if the scre reaches 20-20, the set is extended until ne pair has a margin f tw pints; the persn serving at 20-20 will serve fr that rally, and the ther player will serve in the next rally, and s n When ne f the players reaches 11 pints, the players are allwed a 1 minute break (in dubles, when ne f the first-named players reaches 11 pints, bth players are immediately replaced by the secnd-named players, wh cntinue the set; the secnd-named players are allwed the same warm-up as the first-named players In the unlikely event f an act f miscnduct (such as racket abuse) annunce YELLOW CARD, recrd this n the scre sheet, and apply the apprpriate rule (there is anther nte which has guidance n the Rules f Cnduct and the effect f Yellw Cards); in dubles events, it is imprtant t nte that the yellw card applies t the pair (regardless f which member f the pair carried ut the act f miscnduct) On cmpletin f the set, cmplete the scre sheet: Verify the scre with the players Write time f cmpletin n the scre sheet Remind the players f the 3 minute changever rule Give the scre sheet t the players s that they can take it t the tennis referee Alternatively, if ne player has a lead f 22 pints r mre, then the ther player cannt catch them, and the match is ver. In this case, the players d nt play the tennis set. The players shuld take the scre sheet straight t the turnament desk. There is hwever a special rule in the case f grup play in this Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
case the players must play the full tennis set (this is because in grup play, the ttal number f pints wn and lst is imprtant in deciding the result f the grup) In the team events (eg WC teams, EC teams, and Champins League): Same as abve, except - maximum warm-up allwed is 1 minute - the set is played t 15 pints, except that if the scre reaches 14-14, the set is extended until ne pair has a margin f tw pints - in the case f singles, when ne f the players reaches 8 pints, the players are allwed t take a 30 secnds break - in the case f dubles, when ne f the first-named players reaches 8 pints, the players are immediately replaced by the secnd-named players ; the secnd-named players are allwed the same warm-up as the firstnamed players Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
FIR Summary Guidelines fr Referees Tennis The guidelines are written fr singles events; yu shuld fllw the same principles fr dubles events: The scre sheet will be handed t the referee by the players Check the scre sheet wh shall serve: the player wh started serving in the badmintn set will start serving in the tennis set Mark SERVER n the scre sheet (and in dubles mark SERVER and RECEIVER) The player wh is receiving decides which end t start frm Check the scre sheet t see what time the squash set was cmpleted, and ensure warm-up begins within 3 minutes f that time Allw maximum 3 minutes warm-up. Call HALF TIME at 1:30 minutes Call 30 SECONDS at 2:30 minutes Call TIME at 3:00 minutes The set is played t 21 pints, except that if the scre reaches 20-20, the set is extended until ne player has a margin f tw pints; the player serving at 20-20 will serve frm the right curt fr that rally, and the ther player will serve frm the right curt in the next rally; if the scre reaches 21-21, the player serves frm the left curt fr that rally, and the ther player serves frm the left curt in the next rally, and s n When ne player reaches 11 pints, the players are allwed t take a 1 minute break and the players change ends Hwever, the match is ver and the players must stp if ne player cannt catch the ther player There is hwever a special rule in the case f grup play in this case the players must play the full tennis set (this is because in grup play, the ttal number f pints wn and lst is imprtant in deciding the result f the grup) If at the end f tennis, bth players have exactly the same number f pints, then ne extra pint knwn as a gummiarm pint is played in tennis. If a gummiarm pint is required, the chice f serving r receiving fr that single pint shall be decided by a tss. The winner f the tss may either chse t serve r t receive. The lser f the tss decides frm which curt the service shuld be played either frm the right curt r frm the left curt. (The chice f ends is nt given bth players stay at the same end as they played the previus pint). T ffset the server s advantage, there is n secnd service n the gummiarm pint. In the unlikely event f an act f miscnduct (such as racket abuse) annunce YELLOW CARD, recrd this n the scre sheet, and apply the apprpriate rule (there is anther nte which has guidance n the Rules f Cnduct and the effect f Yellw Cards); in dubles events, it is imprtant t nte that the yellw card applies t the pair (regardless f which member f the pair carried ut the act f miscnduct) Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016
On cmpletin f the set, cmplete the scre sheet: Verify with players Write time f cmpletin n scre sheet Give the scre sheet t the players s that they can take it t the turnament desk In the team events (eg WC teams, EC teams, and Champins League): Same as abve, except - maximum warm-up allwed is 1 minute - the set is played t 15 pints, except that if the scre reaches 14-14, the set is extended until ne pair has a margin f tw pints - when ne player reaches 8 pints, the players are allwed t take a 30 secnds break and the players change ends - there can nly be ne gummiarm pint in the team events; if at the end f the last tennis set in the team match, the verall team pints are equal, then the players wh played the last tennis set will play the gummiarm pint Richard Middletn, FIR Delegate 10 February 2016