Varsity Squash

1. No cell phone policy: No cellphones are allowed during practices and matches. If the student athlete absolutely needs to use it, please ask for the coach’s permission and use it outside the squash pavilion.

2. 48-hour notification policy: Student athlete (not the parent) must notify the coaches 48 hour ahead of time if they will be missing a practice or match due to a necessary commitment. Exemptions are made for student athletes who are sick or injured, however, they should still notify coaches at their earliest convenience.

3. No talking when coach is speaking: A student athlete is expected to pay full attention to the coaches when they are speaking to the team. Speaking to another student athlete while the coach is speaking causes distraction and disruption in the process.

4. Cleaning up after practices and matches: Student athletes are expected to clean up their stuff/trash after a practice or match.

5. Staying for the entire match: A student athlete is expected to stay for the entire match and support his teammates. Exemption is made if the coach is notified ahead of time of a necessary commitment and has been approved by the coach.

6. Referee is always right: No arguments and disrespect by student athlete addressed towards the referees will be tolerated.

7. Respect for your opponent: A student athlete is expected to show respect to their opponent. Using profanity or abusing equipment during the match will not be tolerated and the student athlete will have to forfeit the match. Abusing equipment shows bad sportsmanship and disrespect to the beautiful game of squash.

3-Strikes Rule: Every time any of the above rules is not followed, there is a strike for it. If a student athlete gets 3 strikes, he will be taken off the competing teams. The school squash season is roughly 10 weeks long. A student athlete should make every effort to avoid 3 strikes.

Discipline, obedience and punctuality are important traits for being a successful athlete. Without those, it is hard to be one of the best.

1. Challenge matches are a privilege. It will be at the Coaches’ discretion to approve or reject a request for a challenge match depending on the potential of that match. If the coaches believe that the student athlete has showed enough progress and improvement to be able to beat the student athlete seeded above them, the challenge will be approved.

2. Players can only challenge player seeded one spot above them.

3. The lower seeded player has to beat the higher seeded player twice in a row (in a best of 5 match) to move up the ladder. However, exceptions can be made if the lower seeded player has never played the higher seeded player in in a challenge match in the past and beats the higher seeded player dominantly. Coaches will make the final decision based on the score, level of improvement in skill and fitness, health of the players, and sportsmanship.

4. If the lower seeded player loses to the higher seeded player dominantly, he might not get another chance to challenge the higher seeded player. Unless he shows remarkable improvement, challenging the higher seeded player does not hold any traction.