Umpiring Convenors Manual - ERNA (Netball) - Netball Australia

Eastwood Ryde Umpiring Convenor Manual
“to be used in conjunction with the Netball Australia NUDF”
HOW TO ALLOCATE UMPIRES
ALLOCATION OF UMPIRES
1. Write down the names, qualifications, abilities and availability of all your Club
Umpires. (Also gain their contact details – including mobile & email.)
2. List out the teams you have to allocate umpires to.
3. Refer to the “Recommended Minimum Umpire Standard for Game Allocation”
and allocate umpires to teams accordingly.
Never allocate umpires to games above their current umpiring standard: they will not be
able to keep the game under good control and, consequently, their confidence and selfesteem
will suffer because they will feel they are not doing a good job.
Encourage enthusiastic umpires by giving them a game each week and
monitoring their progress.
Never give an umpire more than two games each Competition Day (see
“Umpiring Burn Out") – remember umpires may do games for other clubs so
check with them about this.
Have a list of back-up umpires and their contact details who can be contacted at
the Netball Courts during each time-slot. This will make those last minute rushes
to fill Umpiring duties when someone cannot or does not turn up MUCH easier.
DISTRIBUTING THE ALLOCATION
Speak to each umpire personally. (Ensure your umpires are ONLY doing two (2)
games per day.)
Always give umpires their allocations in writing.
- List the time they are umpiring
- Name the team they are umpiring for (club, team number and grade).
Stick the allocation sheet to the door at the Umpire Table each week.
Tell umpires to report to the Umpires table at least 20 minutes BEFORE they are
allocated to umpire.
Stress to umpires the importance of notifying you in plenty of time (e.g. during
the week, not the day before) if there is a problem.
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