Friday, May 20, 2011

24 REFEREEING CORPS AND PROCEDURES

24.1 COMPOSITION
The refereeing corps for a match is composed of the following officials:
• the first referee
• the second referee
• the scorer
• four (two) linejudges
Their location is shown in Diagram 6.
24.2 PROCEDURES
24.2.1 Only the first and second referees may blow a whistle during the match:
a) the first referee gives the signal for the service that begins the rally,
b) provided that they are sure that a fault has been committed and they have identified its
nature, the first and second referees signal the end of the rally.
24.2.2 They may blow the whistle during an interruption of play to indicate that they authorize or
reject a team request.
24.2.3 Immediately after the referee blows the whistle to signal the end of the rally, they have to
indicate with the official hand signals (Rule 29.1):
a) the team to serve,
b) the nature of the fault (when necessary),
c) the player at fault (when necessary).

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