Guidelines for Assessing Penalties
TABLE 6
(Table 17 in FAC)
Guidelines for Assessing Penalties
ACTION | ALWAYS PENALIZE | GENERALLY PENALIZE | SOMETIMES PENALIZE | |
RACKET ABUSE | Throwing a racket that intentionally or inadvertently strikes a person | X | ||
Throwing a racket into the fence or net |
X | |||
Throwing a racket in anger or any manner that could or does endanger any person or that damages any part of the court surface or equipment | X | |||
Breaking a racket | X | |||
Tossing a racket in the air | X | |||
Tossing a racket at the player’s bag | X | |||
Bouncing a racket on the court | X | |||
BALL ABUSE | Deliberately hitting, throwing, or kicking a ball that is not in play that hits a person | X | ||
Deliberately hitting, throwing, or kicking a ball that is not in play that comes close to hitting a person | X | |||
Deliberately hitting, throwing, or kicking a ball that is not in play in a amanner that could cause damage or harm | X | |||
Deliberately hitting, throwing, or kicking a ball that is not in play in a manner that could cause damage or harm | X | |||
A player who hits the opponent while legitimately trying to return a ball to the opponent should not be penalized. | ||||
AUDIBLE/VISIBLE OBSCENITY OR PROFANITY | Words & gestures that are considered patently offensive to court personnel, players, or spectators | X | ||
References to sexual functioning | X | |||
References to deities when associated with curses | X | |||
VERBAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE | Physical attacks even if no one is hurt | X | ||
Traditional fighting words | X | |||
Ethnic or Racial Slurs | X | |||
References to sexual orientation | X | |||
Attacks on the competence of an official | X | |||
Taunting | X | |||
Insulting or abusive words & gestures that are directed at a person | X | |||
Words & gestures that are disrespectful, disruptive, or intimidating such as a loud, “Come on!” or “Okay.” After the opponent double faults or makes an error on an easy shot | X | |||
Words & gestures that are in the face of a person such as a strong pumped fist directed at close range to an opponent |
X | |||
COACHING | Receipt of coaching | X | ||
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT | Retaliatory Calls | X | ||
Other unsportsmanlike conduct | X | |||
An official may immediately default a player for a single flagrant unsportsmanlike act. Examples of acts that may justify a penalty of immediate default include: physical attacks; injury to an official or player through an a ct of racket or ball abuse; spitting, and racial, religious, and sexual orientations slurs. |