Tracking down a wayward ball

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by mick

Thanks, Rita. Glad you came along.

I will edit my post for clarity. It is the umpires' duty to "Determine whether ball runnrs are available to retrieve the ball at each end if the court has wide out-of-bounds areas or is on a raised stage or similar platform."

Rita

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Our job is observing the players during a dead ball, not retrieving a ball.

Now if you stand there chest puffed out, gut sucked in, biceps flexed, holding your whistle in you hand while you wait for a player to get it...then yeah it's the same category.

Good posture = cocky ref

Or good posture & no lanyard = cocky ref

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Good posture = cocky ref

Or good posture & no lanyard = cocky ref

There's a difference between good posture and looking like you are about to clap and say, " I'm here to pump you up!"

One is about being alert and professional the other about drawing attention to yourself.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

There's a difference between good posture and looking like you are about to clap and say, " I'm here to pump you up!"

You've obviously never seen my partner and me ref.




Now everyone stop being such flabulous girlie-men!