Umpiring Convenors Manual - ERNA (Netball) - Netball Australia

Eastwood Ryde Umpiring Convenor Manual
“to be used in conjunction with the Netball Australia NUDF”
EXAMPLE: Preventing Burnout
Club A have only one National C Badge Umpire in their club. They
have three teams.
Club B also have only one National C Badge Umpire in
their club and they also have three teams.
Club A roster their National C Badge onto every game because
1. She is the best they have
2. She is all they have.
Club B asks each team to provide one novice umpire to
do some umpiring. They roster their National C Badge
to umpire one game and to mentor the other novice
umpires on the other games.
Club A’s National C badge umpire gets tired each week. By the
third game she is making bad decisions due to lack of
concentration. She feels bad in herself; she gets abused from the
court. Each week she feels worse and eventually gets sick of
umpiring altogether. She quits umpiring and leaves Club A.
Club B’s National C badge is able to fully concentrate
on her one game each week. She makes good decisions
and gets praise from the court and feels good in
herself. Each week she feels she is improving. Her
mentoring charges also improve every week and she
learns new tricks for her own umpiring.
At the end of the season, Club A has no umpires.
At the end of the season, Club B has four umpires.
Using more qualified umpires to mentor novices is the best way to achieve an Umpiring
depth in your club, even if mentoring is only for half or quarter of a game each week.
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