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Umpire Presentation. “What does it take to become a Successful Umpire?”. What Makes a Successful Umpire?. Mentors / Mentoring / Leadership Mechanics Rules Knowledge, including proper enforcement of all penalties Physical Appearance Physical Fitness Communication Skills

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  1. Umpire Presentation “What does it take to become a Successful Umpire?”

  2. What Makes a Successful Umpire? • Mentors / Mentoring / Leadership • Mechanics • Rules Knowledge, including proper enforcement of all penalties • Physical Appearance • Physical Fitness • Communication Skills • Confidence / Presence • Pre-Snap Routine

  3. Mentors / Mentoring / Leadership • Mentors • Finding a mentor • Accepting feedback, both positive and negative • Mentoring • Time to give back • Looking for opportunities to mentor • Leadership • Taking active roles in local associations

  4. Mechanics • Purpose of Mechanics • Puts us in the right place to make the right call. • Proper mechanics portray confidence that you are in the game. • Pre-snap Routine • Game situations • Whistle Control • Dead-Ball Officiating • Clock Status • Communicating with Partner, with Referee, Flanks, and Back Judge

  5. Rules Knowledge • The Umpire needs to be the “go to guy” when it comes to penalty enforcement. • You must know the enforcements and any “options” that may apply. • Let the Referee do his job, but listen to him while he gives the fouls and enforcements, do a check in your mind for correctness. • Study one rule per week. • Rules study is year round.

  6. Rules Knowledge • Find a study partner. • Admit when you are wrong and learn from it. • Strive to score no less than 90% on all tests.

  7. Physical Appearance • What does your physical appearance say about you? • Confident, takes pride in appearance or lazy, lacks confidence. • Coaches, AD’s, fans get less than a minute to size you up. How do you appear to them? • Updated and clean uniform • New Hat – Each year • Shirt – clean, not wrinkled, stripes are white and not gray • Knickers / Black Pants – clean, white, not yellow, pressed • Socks – new each year if striped, are you wearing black socks with black pants • Shoes – polished, cleaned, not covered with mud

  8. Physical Fitness • Are you in shape? • Could you lose a few pounds? • Can you keep up with the players for 48 minutes? • Can you cover the field from goal line to goal line and be in the right position to make the difficult call?

  9. Communication Skills • Referee • Communication during the week • Be effective in Pre-Game • Other officials • Treat them as equals • Players • Address players as people… (#54, Captain) • Use a calm tone – don’t get excited and don’t have an attitude • AD / Coaches before the game

  10. Confidence / Presence • Are you confident in your abilities? Do you portray that or come across cocky and arrogant? • Do you command respect? • Watch your body language • Walk onto the field with authority • Are you in control at all times?

  11. Pre-Snap • Do you have one? • Is it written down? • Is it consistent or does it change week to week?

  12. Be the “HUB”! • Hustle – Move athletically and move with a purpose and in control. • Understand – Understand that it is an emotional and physical game. Understand that sometimes the best call is a no call. Understand the flow of the game. • Be prepared physically and mentally to own your position.

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