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ANALYSING AND ASSESSING UMPIRES
By Jonathan McAleese
Umpiring is not an exact science and neither is coaching. ... Analysing an umpires onfield performance
3. Assessing and prioritising an umpires coaching needs
What is the purpose of an umpire? ... To help umpires enjoy their part of the game. ... To assist umpires to upgrade their skill set leading to satisfied players, administrators and umpires
Better performance leads to "job satisfaction", an improvement in the standard of the play, umpiring appointments at higher levels, player satisfaction, spillover to less experienced umpires who may be observing and at the highest level an improvement of the reputation of the sport in New Zealand
EXAMINERS REQUIREMENTS
Examiners, whatever level of game, require a competent performance in the area of "game management". ...
Knowledge of hockey enables umpires to read the game and understand what the game needs from them at any time particularly in the way of control measures.
Knowledge of hockey enables umpires to distinguish between deliberate and accidental breaches, professional fouls and incompetent play. ...
Man Management techniques are aimed at:
· control of players
· the selling of the decision
Points looked for are:
· Presence
· Body language and eye contact
· Use of whistle and signals
· Ability to identify with players
· Use of differential penalties
ANALYSING AN UMPIRES PERFORMANCE
This section is based on identifying things needing to be fixed, hence it can seem a little negative. ...
It is essential therefore that coaches note good performance as well coaching requirements in an umpires performance
Why do umpires get things wrong? ...
Different umpires position themselves according to their feeling for the game and an awareness of their own physical capabilities. ...
Umpires vary in attention span levels.
Some can relax when not required actively to be involved, in fact most umpires need to, but the important factor is the speed with which they "turn on" when needed.
Approximate Word count = 1487
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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