Are you the nervous type on the pitch? Have you ever received penalty points? In this final part of our file devoted to arbitration at padel, we will explain the code of conduct to follow in the field. You will understand what you can or cannot do during a game.

Who can be sanctioned through the code of conduct?

  • The players.
  • Captains or alternate captains in team competitions. 
  • Coaches when they are authorized.

Who can apply the code of conduct?

The Referee, the track supervisor, or the referee if there is one.

Are the Code of Conduct sanctions applicable to each player independently of their partner or to each pair?

To each pair.

What are the facts relating to the application of the code of conduct for players?

  • ball throw
  • racket throw
  • racket strike on the ground, the net, the grids, the windows, etc.
  • inappropriate language
  • inappropriate gesture
  • intentional embarrassment of opponents by words, noises or gestures
  • deliberate failure to respect the continuity of play between two points or after a change of sides, in particular due to a natural loss of physical condition, injury or refusal to resume the game on the order of the referee
  • leaving the field without authorization from the referee, supervisor or the Referee
  • advice or care not authorized by the provisions of the rules of the game or sporting regulations
  • repeated challenges to referee's decisions
  • any form of unsportsmanlike behavior, especially during a game played without a referee

What are the Code of Conduct sanctions against players?

  • 1st offence: warning
  • 2nd offence: 1 penalty point
  • 3rd offence: 3 penalty points
  • 4th offence: disqualification.

Disqualification can only be pronounced by the Referee (whether or not requested by the referee).

In the event of physical violence or serious misconduct (insult, threat, obscenity, etc.), the referee or the Referee may, without prior warning or penalty point, directly inflict three penalty points; the Referee can even directly disqualify the offending player, and therefore the pair.

In team competitions, what are the facts relating to the application of the code of conduct for captains and assistants?

  • inappropriate language
  • inappropriate gestures
  • intentional embarrassment of opponents, by words, noises or gestures
  • advice or care not authorized by the rules of the game or sporting regulations
  • contesting the referee's decisions
  • any form of unsportsmanlike behavior

What are the penalties under the code of conduct against captains?

  • 1st offence: warning
  • 2nd offence: warning
  • 3rd offence: disqualification for the game.

They can only be pronounced by the referee (at the request of the referee or not). In the event of physical violence or serious misconduct (insult, threat, obscenity, etc.), the referee may, without prior warning, pronounce disqualification.

Are sanctions possible for a player, a coach, or a captain off the pitch? By whom will they be applied?

– Yes, against any behavior undermining the security and/or integrity of persons and/or property, threats or insults.

– By the Referee.

What are the possible sanctions off the pitch?

  • 1st offence: warning
  • 2nd offence: warning
  • 3rd offence: disqualification from the competition or the match.

When this behavior appears to him to be particularly serious, the referee may, without warning, directly pronounce the disqualification.

What is an unintentional timeout?

It is a non-respect of the time between 2 points or an overrun of 90 seconds during a change of side, 2 minutes during an end of round.

How is an unintentional time overrun sanctioned?

The offending pair receives a warning and then, with each subsequent violation, a penalty point. This procedure is independent of the application of the Federal Code of Conduct.

During the 1st round, the behavior of player A leads to the application of the code of conduct: warning. In the 2nd round, his partner B violently and voluntarily knocks his racket on the ground. Decision ?

Penalty point, A/B pair.

The score is 2/2 tied. Server A of the A/B pair rolls an ace. Player C of the C/D pair, who has shown exemplary behavior so far, shouts an insult. His partner D has already had, during the game, a behavior sanctioned by the Referee by a warning then by a penalty point. What will be the sanction pronounced by the Referee and on what score will the game resume?

3 penalty points against the C/D pair, the A/B pair leads 3/2 and 0/30 on the next game.

In a P1000, player A engaged in misconduct resulting in the application of the code of conduct. Later, Player B also engaged in inappropriate behavior resulting in the application of the code of conduct. Later, their coach insults the opponents of the pair of which he is the coach. Decision ?

3 penalty points against the A/B pair because the sanctions against the coach are added to those against the players.

Between 2 points, an angry player violently sends a ball to the opposing side. One of his opponents is injured by the ball and cannot resume the game. Decision ?

The pair of the player who injured his opponent outside of game action is immediately disqualified.

Player A has engaged in misconduct resulting in the application of the code of conduct. Later, B refuses to return to play following the end of medical treatment. Decision ?

Application of the code of conduct, penalty point for the A/B pair.

Is the code of conduct applicable to the warm-up?

YES, it applies from the entry of the players on the field.

thomas jay

After being rocked by tennis for nearly 15 years, I became an absolute fan of its cousin, the padel. For nearly a year now, I've been chasing the little yellow ball with another racquet, but with just as much passion! Based in Lyon, I intend to make you better acquainted with the padel in the region and at the national level.

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