INF Effective Game Management tips
As well as using the voice and whistle for penalising infringements and awarding penalties, Umpires should
have a range of strategies to use in a game to ensure players are aware of the standards required of them.
How an Umpire uses these to maintain good control and to minimise infringements will often be a mark of
the competence of the Umpire (as well as reflect the respect the players have for the Umpire).
These strategies may include the following:
Use of voice (other than for infringements & penalties) ie ‘informal advice’
Change of tone in voice, which may include deliberate pause and/or more deliberate whistle
Calling ‘Time’ to speak to player/s
Advancing a penalty (as in Rule 19.3, 19.2 and 20.1.1)
Warning a player (Rule 20.1)
Suspending a player (Rule 20.2)
Ordering a player off (Rule 20.3)
Normally an Umpire will work through these strategies in roughly the order indicated unless an offence is
serious enough to require a higher level of discipline.
To learn more, access the below link or check out the PDF attachment.
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