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Opponent anticipates strikers next shot and starts early movement to where he assumes the ball will go. As a consequence, he is struck by the strikers racket (striker has executed a reasonable swing). He is injured and requires recovery time. Is this contributed or self inflicted? What is match outcome if he cannot continue?
It appears from your description that he was crowding his opponent who played his shot with a standard and not excessive swing. So the injury should be deemed self inflicted and 3 minutes injury time would be allowed. If ultimately he cannot continue the match will be awarded to his opponent.
Can I have a let if I have turned and am making a further attempt? Example; opponent serves, I swing and miss the return completely (either on the volley or off the side wall), I turn and am in a position to make a good return off the back wall (further attempt) but opponent is now on the T so I don't play the ball but call a let for fear of hitting him/her. The rules (8.13.3) appear to cover the scenario where the turn is intentional, but not when it is not. Please clarify. Thanks
Yes you should be awarded a Let for holding your shot.
If you play the shot and hit your opponent you would have a Stroke awarded against you so best to hold your shot.
Good afternoon - If a player hits a bad shot to the center of the court ( the T ) and from there, his opponent hits to the back corner and the direct line to that corner for me is through the T, does the opponent have to move and give me direct access or do I have to go around him, as I played the poor shot to the T in the first place ?
The player has no right to remain on the T even though you played a poor shot. The Player should provide you with direct access to the ball in the back corner and move in a direction which allows this.
Intentionally hurting the opponent and hitting the opponent with the ball What is the referee’s decision?
The Referee should award a Conduct Penalty against the player which should be at least a Conduct Stroke but more likely a Conduct Game or Match depending on how dangerous the situation.
Is there a rule that has to do with pre-existing injury ?
The Rules do not deal with pre-existing injuries. This is usually dealt with in terms of tournament regulations when such matters can be monitored and recorded during a tournament.
Are “double hits” or carry’s allowed now like tennis if there is one continuous swing motion?
No they are not allowed.
If I hit my opponent with the ball, which would have made the front wall, is it a let or a stroke ?
It's a stroke, but be careful, please !
What's the difference between Down and Not up
"Down" is when the ball is correctly struck, but hits the floor or the tin. "Not up" is when the ball is incorrectly struck, eg a double bounce, a double hit or carry.
Out of Court - what's the correct call ?
When the ball goes out of court - on or above the top lines, or on a glassback court on the top of the back wall, the correct call is "out"
Misconduct of officials and public during a match
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a number of the questions come up with a response "Please fill in an answer". I see that one of those is mine, yet I had received an answer by email from WSF. Why would this not update the response in this Q&A section?
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the striker wants to play the ball which coming from right side wall , in the moment which the striker wants to play the ball (using 4 hand not back hand ) the nonstriker was at the T and made the front wall interfernce ?
If the nonstriker is preventing the shot directly to the front wall he will have a Stroke awarded against him
In case a player is injured in the rest time between 2 games . Can he ask for time to check up or he has to be in court to ask for the injury break
I am not sure how a player can sustain an injury during the game interval.
An injury needs to occur during play so that it is obvious that something has in fact happened.
The referee will need to determine whether the injury is genuine and then what type of injury such as self-inflicted or contributed.
This will determine the amount of injury time that the referee will allow. If it happens at the end of a game then the injury time allowed will include the game interval time.
If a junior player remove google during match and refuse to wear the google, can he be disqualified? or continue to play
A referee must never allow a junior player to enter the court without wearing protective glasses.
This applies even to the warm-up. So any junior refusing to wear glasses must be disqualified.
My opponent hits a loose two wall drop shot - does he have to move out of the way, and how ?
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My opponent was in front of the "T". He was the outgoing player. I was behind him on the "T". He hit a loose two wall drop shot. The ball hit the right wall first then the front wall. How should the outgoing player move or not move to give me a direct path to the ball? Some people have said it's okay to stay on the "T". From what I've read the outgoing player must exit the "T". My thought is that the outgoing players only action would be to move forward and to the left. This would give me access to the ball and allow him to circle around.
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There is no "right to the T", once you've played the ball you have to allow your opponent direct access to the ball. He can move anywhere he wants, but he has to move, otherwise it will be a stroke to you. Of course, it's best not to play shots to the middle that force you to move out, giving your opponent positional advantage.
Cheers, Steve
(ps this page isn't supposed to be live yet, so well done on finding it, and I'm answering 'unnoficially' !
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