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Find out how to master umpiring from this veteran umpire's story and learn her keys secrets gained over decades of umpiring

This lady with 50 years of experience playing, coaching and umpiring this wonderful game went from novice to becoming badged in one of the toughest league competitions in Australia.

And today she is much sort after and paid professionally to umpire and coach in Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

Please think about this - being a good player is rarely a pre-qualification to becoming a good Umpire. There is good reason for this, as a player's mindset and view of the game is quite different to that of an Umpire.  

Sound too good to be true? Umpiring like a true professional is easier than you may have realized. 

All you need to know are the umpiring principles and avoid the classic mistakes the majority of Umpires make and you are on your way to being a competent and respected Umpire, guaranteed.

You can master netball umpiring by reading about Rae's trials and tribulations and how she overcame adversity from some real tough nut teams. Find out how to make the best use of the whistle, make decisions on double contacts and have any game flow like a divisional or state game.

An Umpire’s Perspective:
Do you find you are sometimes a step behind play with obstruction and contact calls? Or you are just not as consistent as you would like to be!

Umpiring at times can be frustrating and annoying especially when there doesn’t appear to be an obvious answer. You feel like you are doing everything right but just don’t seem to have the panache and reflex action other Umpires possess. 

What am I doing wrong; how can I be a good Umpire every single game? Don’t worry everyone can become muddled! Missing a call or being too slow to blow the whistle happens to all Umpires, even the pros.

Naturally there's a lot happening on and off the court during a game. Your attention can easily be averted and concentration momentarily lost.

The good news is recovery can be instant. It's all in knowing how to Umpire from an Umpire’s perspective not from a player’s view point. It is that simple!

When an Umpire knows how to stay ahead of play, she will have full control of the game without the start/stop type of play inexperienced Umpires often promote. The players on court will love you for it for just being able to play pure uninterrupted netball. 

You can tap into Rae’s trade umpiring secrets not found in rulebooks and Umpire courses. You don't need to be badged to become a first class Umpire! Players don't care if the Umpire is badged or not just as long as the game runs smoothly without unnecessary stoppages. Rae's uncanny understanding of netball rules and her netball brain will have you geared for success literally in minutes!

From Raelene Druce:
Netball Victoria badged Umpire
UMFNA Rep coach
Professional Umpire and coach

Over the years of umpiring at club and league level, I developed out of necessity umpiring principles. It doesn’t matter if you are sixteen or sixty, novice or an old hand, anyone can master umpiring when shown these key principles.

You’ll never struggle with umpiring again, moving from ordinary to professional through a simple viewpoint change. This is not a change of attitude but how an Umpire should be looking at the game. 

You can practice a skill or try to become more efficient at your job until you are blue in the face but unless you have a solid foundation set in place results will be mediocre.

In any sport or occupation doesn’t it makes life so much easier if someone can show you the ropes? It saves years of struggling trying to figure everything out on your own. 

Rules And Principles
Learning from a rulebook or textbook is a lot like multiple choice – is it this way or that way, interpretation/guesswork at best. 

Umpiring governed by the rules alone tends to slow a game down rather than keep the game flowing, eg:- the Advantage call.  Rules are formed at the root level to regulate player behaviour whereas umpiring principles influence the game’s speed and flow.  An Umpire should try not to restrict the natural speed and flow of the game, which only hinders play and stifles the teams and coaches tactics.

Without sound umpiring principles set in place many Umpires find it difficult to keep up with play, not physically as in court position, but failing to look in the right direction, which causes the Umpire to pre-empt player’s actions and make incorrect decisions. 

This slows the game up and aggravates players, especially when the call ends up penalizing the team rather than advantaging them. 

We have all seen the dainty sixteen year old Umpire with complete authority and control. All this ability and she can’t have possibly Umpired that many games, not old enough, yet her success can be attributed to mastering the secrets of good umpiring. 

You can too! Unlike playing netball, umpiring is not a skill players need to develop like goal shooting but knowing the key umpiring principles to properly represent the game.

When Umpiring Using These Key Principles And You Will...

Imagine, if you have the above four aspects of umpiring netball down pat how easy it will be for you to Umpire as a professional and how rewarding it will be for the teams you Umpire.  The lucky players will think they are playing on a sprung wooden floor in the Commonwealth Games Stadium with the game running so smoothly.

Don’t waste another moment and put all the hassle and struggle of ordinary umpiring behind you! I’ll show you how to master umpiring, which I have had to learn umpiring some of the toughest and fastest games on the Australian league circuit. 

You’ll kick yourself when you see how easy it is! You can download and implement the Umpire’s trade secrets in seconds. No need to study anything as each key principle and ruling clarification is interwoven in my story as an Umpire. The ebook is not long winded but concise and straight to the point. No padding to wade through.

I have purposely written the ebook so you can feel as if you are on the court umpiring with me witnessing the mistakes and disappointments I had when starting out. I'll show you how I overcame them and gained confidence to Umpire any game on the circuit.
 

A Pretty Ordinary Umpire!
When I first started umpiring boy what a mess, talk about confusion with more hand signals and whistle blowing than a traffic policeman. 

After some years, with quite a lot of games under my belt, I felt my umpiring was going along pretty well. If I couldn’t see or interpret playing rules properly, a “toss-up” camouflaged all. If I was behind play, which was more often than I liked, I would call advantage hoping no one would notice my inability to keep up. I had to own up to myself that it was fairly ordinary umpiring!

It wasn’t until I started umpiring at a higher level in league competition where there were serious coaching staff and team managers scrutinizing everything that moved that I realized my umpiring wasn’t as good as I had imagined it to be. 

Something wasn’t right and I couldn’t put my finger on it. I spoke with other Umpires more experienced and better than me and was told just to “stick at it”. This type of advice is like saying a tennis player will become a professional just by hitting thousands of balls over the net. They must be shown and instructed proper technique, tactics and game plan to be a good tennis player.

In the same way a netball team reaches the grand final, their coach has to teach the team discipline, tactics, motivation and game principles to stay at peak performance and win games. Umpiring I soon learnt was not any different. I had read all the umpiring manuals and rulebooks, attended Umpire courses and asked questions of the best Umpire coordinators in the country from C grade to AA accredited Umpires, but still the key to good umpiring was eluding me. But not for long as I was determined to do a good job and have every game Umpired run quickly and smoothly.

During one of the fastest league games I have had to Umpire, my wits and fitness were tested, with perspiration running off me like never before. By half time, it struck me that most Umpires are controlling the game from a player or coaches' perspective, after-all, most Umpires are still playing or are ex-players. 

Umpiring netball from this perspective is a fundamental mistake. 

Staying ahead of play is the key
It should be an Umpire’s objective to keep one step ahead of the ball at all times.

Once all the pieces were slotted together I now understood what is meant by an over night success. 

It was literally this quick going from average performances to umpiring the toughest matches with ease. Now I rarely, if ever call for a toss-up, defenders are not penalized out of the game and games flow like clockwork. Players are happier and that has lead to a whole lot less back chat as they are now enjoying the natural flow and speed of the game.

Umpiring is not a natural talent like the very best goal shooters or an exceptional defender, it’s simply knowing HOW to Umpire from an Umpire’s perspective not a players view point.

The Joys Of Umpiring:
Umpiring is one of the most enjoyable aspects of netball especially when a player can just pick up the whistle and move a game along as proficiently as a National Umpire. 

At club, league, divisional or national level umpiring is umpiring and every match day coaches and players are screaming out for good Umpires.  Clubs want top Umpires so their teams are given good consistent umpiring decisions.   You don’t need to be badged to be good!

You only need to know how to stay ahead of play and the rest will automatically fall into place.  It has for me and it has for all the players I show how to Umpire.  Two half hour sessions and these girls are all smiles.

You can be all smiles too!  And you have the added advantage of referring back to your copy of “An Umpire’s Story” ebook to refresh your memory in how to stay ahead of the game and deal with controversial decisions like a true professional.

An Umpire’s story:
I have written this PDF ebook in four parts:

	My story of umpiring from a novice to being badged, which includes umpiring principles outlined throughout the story as you read along. This is an easy way to understand the key components of umpiring and you will get a real feel of actually being on court using the principles I now use.
	A clear and precise reference to each of these principles and most importantly the rules governing the game in a separate section of the ebook.
	A section on how to coach new Umpire’s, which is bullet proof and 100% reliable. I developed this method during coaching sessions and while playing local summer competitions out of frustration when the more match hardened players were offering their unwelcome advice, which only confused and often upset the trainee Umpires.
	A detailed account of all the steps required to become badged as a national C or B badged Umpire. But please note that being badged is never a prerequisite to being a good Umpire. Some of the best Umpires in Australia are not badged.

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Rae Druce
Netball Victoria badged Umpire
UMFNA Rep coach
Professional Umpire and coach

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