Chair Umpire Procedures Flashcards
Chair Umpire Equipment (seven items)
Required Equipment
a) Stopwatch
b) Tape Measure
c) Flipping Coin
d) Pencils
e) Sunscreen and Sunglasses (if needed)
f) Plastic ties (for repairing broken nets)
g) Appropriate (ITA, conference, NCAA, etc.
Chair Umpire Meeting with Referee (Agenda)
a) Match Format
b) Time allowed for a bathroom break
c) Scoring devices in use (electronic, flip cards, PDA,, scorecard, etc.)
d) Required radio reporting if being used (information to be conveyed, frequency, etc.)
Chair Umpire Meeting
a) Check the layout of the courts.
b) Locate the bathrooms
c) Receive your match assignment(s) and match balls from the Referee
Chair Umpire: Court Preparation
a) Install or remove singles sticks as needed.
b) Check the height and tension of the net.
c) Clear the court of all old balls, used towels and trash.
d) Open the can of balls and check the balls are in good condition (good pressure, don’t rattle, etc).
Chair Umpire: Pre-Match (Three items; set up)
a) Make sure that the right players are on your court. Get Referee if they are the incorrect players
b) Learn how to pronounce the players’ names.
c) Move to the center court, facing the players’ chairs with the balls and coin in hand.
Chair Umpire: Center Court Meeting with Players
a) Remind players to make sure that their opponent and the I (Chair Umpire) can hear their calls.
b) I will overrule incorrect out calls and service lets.
c) I will not overrule upon appeal.
d) I will only call lets for balls coming in if I see you are endangered.
e) You may call a let for other balls that come into the playing area.
f) Any questions?
Chair Umpire: Center Court Meeting with Players
a) Ask either player to call the toss
b) Player should select choice before the toss.
c) Toss the coin
d) Announce the result with your arm in the direction of the player who won the toss.
e) Say to the winner of the toss, “Your Choice”
f) Choice: serve or receive; end/defer
g) Repeat the choice to make sure you heard correctly
h) Turn to the other player to get their choice.
i) Hand the balls to the players and pick up your coin.
Chair Umpire: After Toss and Choices
a) Announce the result of the toss
Chair Umpire: How are the players introduced and referred to during the match.
a) After the introduction of the servers, the players be referred to by the school they represent rather than by their individual names.
Chair Umpire: During the Match
Just before the server serves, check the receiver to make sure they are ready.
Chair Umpire: During the Point
a) Track the ball until it lands.
b) Immediately overrule or confirm close out calls.
If a ball hit a permanent fixture the chair’s response is:
a) Out
b) Permanent fixtures are: ceiling of an indoor facility, the net or netpost outside the singles stick.
If a ball bounces twice before the player returns the ball, the chair’s response is:
Not up; Focus on the ball and not the racquet.
If a ball touches a player while still in play the chair’s response is:
Touch
If the ball goes though the net, the chair’s response is:
Through
If the ball is hit by a player before it crosses the net, the chair’s response is:
Foul Shot
If a player touches the net or the opponent’s side of the court while the ball is in play, the chair’s response is:
Touch
If a player deliberately makes a double hit, the chair’s response is:
Foul Shot
If the ball hits the player’s racquet when it is not in the hand of the player, the chair’s response is:
Foul Shot
If a ball rolls onto the court during play AND the player does not se it AND the ball may potentially endanger the player, the Chair’s response is:
Let; Replay the point
Endangerment lets unseen by the player are the only times an official should stop play for a ball coming onto court from an adjacent court. True or False?
True
Balls that roll along the back fence/ curtain or up along the net should not be called as a let by the official; the players should be the one to call these. True or False
True
When a player intentionally hinders the opponent, the chair should do what?
