I love it when my favourite podcasts that have nothing to do with umpiring explain concepts that have everything to do with umpiring.
Chris Do interviews Oscar Höglund, the CEO Epidemic Sound about *gestures widely* lots of life stuff, including how sound and movement can regulate emotions. They discuss how, when you’re nervous, the best way to present yourself as calm and powerful is to move more slowly than everyone else around you.
Apply this to a situation like PCs. If you give your signal and start marching to and fro for no reason at all while the players are all standing mostly still, you now look like the most nervous person on the pitch.
Instead, try standing still for 10 seconds after making your signal. It’ll feel like forever but you’ll look like you’re completely in control of the situation and confident in your call.
Let me know how it goes for you!
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I know, I know. Maybe you’re in North America and wrapping up summer competitions, or you’re Kiwi/Oz and watching as summer holidays get near. Apply your conditional logic and if you’re UK/EUR, this is for you:
GET. TRAINING.
Here’s an easy-to-implement interval run that’ll work your umpiring-specific movements and systems: 45s.
Walk: 45m Jog: 45m Stride: 45m Sprint: 45m
Every round, alternate going backwards to forwards. Start walking backwards, jog forwards, etc. Next round: keep walking forwards after the sprint, then job backwards.
Aim for 7-8 rounds to start, work up to 10. Focus on the quality and ease of your transitions and for goodness sake, make sure to warm up those calves and Achilles!
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