DERRINALPHIL
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- Sep 16, 2001
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I used to train cricket umpires and have an interest in all sporting codes and their umpiring.Over the years i have learned that umpiring can go both ways and for the past 5+ years have been am less inclined to 'blame' umpires for our losses and they certainly can't be responsible for the losses we've had our the past few seasons, however the skill levels of umpires seems proportional to where a team is on the ladder and we really appear to have copped the b graders last year and this year. Inconsistency in making calls is the biggest issue across the board and can be incredibly frustrating when it happens within a match and can change from quarter to quarter umpire to umpire, I don't know how to fix it other than bringing in arbitrary rules for example if the ball goes out of bounds it is always a free kick to the opposition and only a throw in where it can't be determined which side it came off, a player when tackled has no more than 5 seconds to dispose of a ball otherwise it is holding the ball, if the umpire cannot be 100% sure the player disposed of the ball correctly it's called incorrect disposal, another intervention could be 'the challenge' whereby captains have 5 challenges per match on free kicks called, which are then video reviewed and adjudicated by video umpire, this would at least make the umpires more accountable and probably more consistent.
Anyway I have digressed, what I really want to know (because I have no clue) is how do those on this forum who do have a clue rate this weeks umpires?
Nick Brown (13), John Howorth (17), Andre Gianfagna (27)
We have an unique sport with enormous difficulties in umpiring. Here are five problems
- The largest field
- poor umpire to player ratio
- No off side rule making play chaotic with 35 factorial possible interactions
- Rapid movement of the ball
- only one review obtainable
I did read a few years ago that the AFL umps get about 85% of their decisions correct while the Test Umpires are at 92%. This seems what I would expect.
To show the difference in the Laws of Cricket (not the rules ) which are copy righted by the MCC have a Law that forbids a bowler from running down the middle of the pitch. Now 99.9 % of all cricket is played on artificial surfaces or is played on one day and a new pitch is prepared for the next weekend so this Law (Laws are for all cricket) so why is this Law so important.
The umpires has to be able to see the batsman receiving the ball, otherwise his error rate will be at least 50%
Footy is a great game but I would never consider umpiring it because it's just too hard.