Family, coach and audience etiquette
- Family-Coach-Spectator Guidelines
- Applaud effort and fair play, acknowledge good shots, rallies and points equally and uniformly.
- Avoid cheering for faults, tins, or unforced errors.
- Do not intervene with a squash match in progress. Only the referee or Tournament Director and staff may do so.
- Provide coaching only between games and within the time limitations; keep players near the court during breaks.
- Do not interact with or influence the referee or official in any way during a match, regardless of age or ability.
- At all times be considerate of the Tournament Director, his or her staff and volunteers and the venue.
- Be responsible for your own tidiness at the venue.
Family-Coach-Spectator Misconduct
Players shall be held liable for misconduct by his or her family members and coaches (“the entourage”) at U.S. SQUASH sanctioned tournaments. Misconduct by a member of the entourage shall include, but is not limited to: (i) a flagrant violation of the Sportsmanship and Conduct Guidelines (ii) language, gestures or actions which defame, berate or otherwise bring into disrepute the tournament, its staff or its participants at any time during an event (iii) interference of any kind with a Tournament Director, tournament staff member, referee, player or member of an opponent’s entourage during an event.
