Jim Cail - Quality umpires
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Jim Cail, AFL, I'm the National Umpiring Development
Manager.
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Some of the things we can't control, maybe
the parent on the sidelines who is getting
0:00:14.820,0:00:21.820
frustrated, the angry coach or something like
that, that combined, the match day environment,
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we can't always control how people react on
match day. What we can control though, is
0:00:29.390,0:00:33.890
how we then support our umpire, after the
match, how we coach them during the week,
0:00:33.890,0:00:40.180
how we provide them with education going forward,
the social networks we can set up within our
0:00:40.180,0:00:46.010
umpiring group, those sorts of things are
things that we can control, we think that
0:00:46.010,0:00:53.010
if we can get them right we have a much better
chance of retaining umpires.
0:00:54.120,0:00:59.890
Too often in umpiring we are probably, well
we've been guilty of just trying to fill appointments,
0:00:59.890,0:01:06.700
so we've got umpires doing two, three, four
games a week. Filling appointments, running
0:01:06.700,0:01:11.870
around and doing more than required. I suppose
that every time we do that and a player turns
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up to a game he sees an umpire and he doesn't
recognise that there is a problem and the
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second thing that happens is that umpire gets
burnt out very quickly when they are doing
0:01:22.260,0:01:29.260
two, three games a week sort of thing. what
we've come to realise and conclusion is that
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we need a minimum standard for umpiring and
that becomes our level one umpiring accreditation,
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and once that's implemented, if games start
to go without umpires, then at least football
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people will start taking some responsibility
for the match day environments in which we
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create. I don't think that I've ever seen
a game of football be cancelled in my life
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and can guarantee a game will never get cancelled
because we'll always find someone to umpire.
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But it's really about providing the game a
better service of umpire. In the past we've
0:02:08.619,0:02:14.450
sent out untrained umpires just to fill appointments,
where as now we want a minimum standard that
0:02:14.450,0:02:19.850
says, this is the standard that you have to
reach to be an umpire and to participate in
0:02:19.850,0:02:25.450
a game. The games expectations continue to
rise so this is what's required and while
0:02:25.450,0:02:30.870
there may be some short term pain, I think
that long term down the track it will be a
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lot better for the game and the game will
be better off.
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I think that coaching and officiating is a
new phenomenon, from a playing experience
0:02:46.970,0:02:52.980
wise its no doubt that the coach is the most
influential person within a club and within
0:02:52.980,0:02:59.590
a group and I think that our stats indicate
that the number one reason why a player at
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youth age level leaves football is because
the coach, so the way they gave feedback or
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what they did at training wasn't enjoyable,
they weren't enjoying themselves, it has a
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big impact and it's no different in umpiring,
the coach dictates the environment in which
0:03:14.700,0:03:21.700
umpires train and learn and socialise, then
that has the ability to impact our ability
0:03:22.960,0:03:27.960
to recruit and retain umpires and if we can
get that environment right through the development
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of our coaches and their the ones that deliver
it, that's why it's so important, then we
0:03:32.420,0:03:35.599
are a much better chance of improving our
umpire numbers.
Jim Cail, AFL, I'm the National Umpiring Development
Manager.
0:00:08.800,0:00:14.820
Some of the things we can't control, maybe
the parent on the sidelines who is getting
0:00:14.820,0:00:21.820
frustrated, the angry coach or something like
that, that combined, the match day environment,
0:00:22.960,0:00:29.390
we can't always control how people react on
match day. What we can control though, is
0:00:29.390,0:00:33.890
how we then support our umpire, after the
match, how we coach them during the week,
0:00:33.890,0:00:40.180
how we provide them with education going forward,
the social networks we can set up within our
0:00:40.180,0:00:46.010
umpiring group, those sorts of things are
things that we can control, we think that
0:00:46.010,0:00:53.010
if we can get them right we have a much better
chance of retaining umpires.
0:00:54.120,0:00:59.890
Too often in umpiring we are probably, well
we've been guilty of just trying to fill appointments,
0:00:59.890,0:01:06.700
so we've got umpires doing two, three, four
games a week. Filling appointments, running
0:01:06.700,0:01:11.870
around and doing more than required. I suppose
that every time we do that and a player turns
0:01:11.870,0:01:18.390
up to a game he sees an umpire and he doesn't
recognise that there is a problem and the
0:01:18.390,0:01:22.260
second thing that happens is that umpire gets
burnt out very quickly when they are doing
0:01:22.260,0:01:29.260
two, three games a week sort of thing. what
we've come to realise and conclusion is that
0:01:29.900,0:01:36.530
we need a minimum standard for umpiring and
that becomes our level one umpiring accreditation,
0:01:36.530,0:01:43.530
and once that's implemented, if games start
to go without umpires, then at least football
0:01:44.960,0:01:49.150
people will start taking some responsibility
for the match day environments in which we
0:01:49.150,0:01:54.120
create. I don't think that I've ever seen
a game of football be cancelled in my life
0:01:54.120,0:02:00.330
and can guarantee a game will never get cancelled
because we'll always find someone to umpire.
0:02:00.330,0:02:07.330
But it's really about providing the game a
better service of umpire. In the past we've
0:02:08.619,0:02:14.450
sent out untrained umpires just to fill appointments,
where as now we want a minimum standard that
0:02:14.450,0:02:19.850
says, this is the standard that you have to
reach to be an umpire and to participate in
0:02:19.850,0:02:25.450
a game. The games expectations continue to
rise so this is what's required and while
0:02:25.450,0:02:30.870
there may be some short term pain, I think
that long term down the track it will be a
0:02:30.870,0:02:35.220
lot better for the game and the game will
be better off.
0:02:35.220,0:02:42.220
I think that coaching and officiating is a
new phenomenon, from a playing experience
0:02:46.970,0:02:52.980
wise its no doubt that the coach is the most
influential person within a club and within
0:02:52.980,0:02:59.590
a group and I think that our stats indicate
that the number one reason why a player at
0:02:59.590,0:03:05.630
youth age level leaves football is because
the coach, so the way they gave feedback or
0:03:05.630,0:03:10.530
what they did at training wasn't enjoyable,
they weren't enjoying themselves, it has a
0:03:10.530,0:03:14.700
big impact and it's no different in umpiring,
the coach dictates the environment in which
0:03:14.700,0:03:21.700
umpires train and learn and socialise, then
that has the ability to impact our ability
0:03:22.960,0:03:27.960
to recruit and retain umpires and if we can
get that environment right through the development
0:03:27.960,0:03:32.420
of our coaches and their the ones that deliver
it, that's why it's so important, then we
0:03:32.420,0:03:35.599
are a much better chance of improving our
umpire numbers.
