In this section we're going to look at the no let and the different
scenarios that might lead to a no let being awarded. So there's a few scenarios
we need to think about and we've talked about them a lot in terms of swing
interference, front wall interference and then the basic interference and
direct access. Now, the first thing that we're going to think about is front
wall interference and, what you need to consider there, is there enough
space to hit the ball or not, so Jethro in gonna come in and we're just
going to have a look at the different scenarios where there might be
enough space to actually hit a ball. So if Jethro was playing a shot and
he got it tight enough and then was able to clear, then then I would find
myself in a situation where, when now, a referee would expect me to be able to
hit this ball because Jethro is not in my swing, I can hit the ball straight, I
can hit the ball cross-court and there's nothing preventing me from doing
that. Now, any closer and the referee would start to think about yes let
because of the risk that I might actually hit Jethro either with the
ball or with the racket, but if there's space and I should be
playing the ball, the referee will award a no let for it. In a very similar manner
with swing interference, there's times where a player would just
stop, say that it might be the situation and the pressure of a situation where
where it's a bit tense, they just don't want to play the ball, they just
suddenly freeze and stop or they might misjudge where the where the opponent is
and actually have more space than they think, so we might be in a
situation where the ball is around here, Jethro is where he is there, I'm
playing the ball here, I don't know where Jethro is, I sort of feel that he's
close to me, but you know it's obvious when you're looking at the camera that
Jethro is a million miles away from me, the ball is here, I can
pirouette and I won't hit Jethro, so I should really
be hitting this ball, in that situation a referee will give me a
no let. Any closer, Jethro coming a bit closer or the ball is a bit closer to
us, all of a sudden it brings yes let or stroke into play if it does
get closer. So those are situations where a no let would be awarded for me in
a swing interference sense. Now, in terms of access to a ball and
interference, if I can get through and there's no
interference whatsoever, so Jethro has just played a drop shot, the ball lands
say we put the ball into a situation where it comes to around here and Jethro
plays his drop shot and clears it well, now I can get through to this, there's no
interference, I need to go through, I need to play that ball, so a
no let would be awarded for that. Equally, if Jethro was closer to me and he's
near the middle and I go past and I hit him but accept it and then go through
and then stop and say oh, no could I have a let please, the referee would say
that it's a no let, because I've accepted the interference in this initial
phase. Now, another situation where I might be going through, if I bumped
Jethro and only skimmed him, but I've gone through and I'm here and I asked
for a let, the referee would then give a no let for minimal interference
because they would judge that the interference wasn't enough to distract
me or put me off my shot. Now, it's a tricky one, because sometimes when you're
moving fast through and, it doesn't happen to me very often because I don't
move very fast through into these areas, but when players are moving fast through
past each other, a small bump can make a huge difference and actually throw them
off balance by the time they're hitting, so before awarding minimal
interference, it is worth thinking about that, especially into front corners.
Now, around the middle and the back quite often you get situations where it's
minimal interference, where it's just a brush past and you sort of skim past and
you see the players just stop here, oh please, and that is a no let,
its minimal interference, they should go through and play that shot. Now, the other
thing is just thinking about the line to the ball and the access
through, because if Jethro has given me access and quite often in the front
corners, it's quite detailed this, because depending on where the ball
stops, if the ball stops short, it's my job to go up and round and outside to go
and get this ball here, so Jethro would take a movement in to allow me through
to play that shot, whereas, if Jethro is in the same
situation but plays the ball a bit deeper, so if you imagine you've just
played a board bit deeper, go slightly wider in to play the shot, now
the ball is coming deeper back here, all of a sudden my line becomes in this way and
Jethro would give clearance that way,
so if Jethro is moving out of the way well, depending on where his shot is, he
would be providing me access either side of him which means that if I went
straight for him and went for the player not the ball, the referee would also
award a no let. It's very difficult and you need a good trained eye I think,
you need to practice this and understand the situations to work out is the
non-striker who's just played who's moving out, are they giving access, are
they moving the correct way depending on where the ball is and then equally, me as
a striker coming in to play the shot, am I going the right way round to go and
get the ball and if I am going the right way around and my opponent has
cleared the correct way, the odds are I should probably be going through and
getting that ball and playing and if I don't then that's where no lets
are awarded. The only other situation where you get the no lets is when
winning shots have been hit, so I'm playing Jethro, Jethro rolls the ball out
to nick or hits a ball that the referee doesn't feel that I can
retrieve or make a good return on, then a no let will be awarded against me
and that can also mean if Jethro is in my way, so if my opponent's in my way,
but it's deemed as being a winning shot and I can't get it because it's in the nick
or it's down there or I've misread it, that will be given as a no let, so quite
complex, the no lets, I think it's a debate that will simmer on forever
because there's always discussion points around no lets, but it is a fascinating topic.
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