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10 MINUTES DURATION

HELD BALL

ACTIVITY OBJECTIVETo provide umpires with the opportunity to apply the Held Ball rule in a fun and engaging activity.

AREA REQUIREDYour choice of indoor or outdoor playing area.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED1 Whistle per umpire.1 Stopwatch per pair.

RULE REFERENCE 9

RELATED SANCTIONFREE PASS

WHAT TO DO• Groupparticipantsintopairs,onewithawhistle

andonewithastopwatch.

• PairsaretospreadoutaroundtheCourt(oravailableplayingarea).

• On‘go’,theumpirewiththestopwatchistorunaroundthecourtusingdifferentumpiremovementpatterns(forexample,sidestep,jog,sprint).Theirpartneristofollowthem,mirroringthemovements.

• Whentheumpirewiththestopwatchcalls‘caught’(asinreceivedapass)andstopsmoving,theyaretostarttheirstopwatch.

ASK THE UMPIRES• Whyisitimportanttopractisecounting

threeseconds?

• Whydoesanumpireneedtobeawareofthemomentaplayerreceivestheball?

• WhatistheSanctionforaHeldBall?

• WhereistheSanctionawarded?

• Doanyplayersneedtostandoutofplay?

• Canyouthinkofotherwaystopractisecountingthreeseconds?

UMPIRE COACHING TIPS• Aplayerwhohascaughtorheldtheballneeds

topassorshootforgoalwithinthreeseconds.

• Beawareofthemomentofreceiptasthisiswhenthecountstarts.

• Keeptheplayerinviewuntiltheyreleasetheball.

• TheSanctionforaHeldBallisaFreePass.

• TheSanctionistakenwheretheinfringementoccurred(e.g.wheretheplayerwasstanding).

• Noplayersarerequiredtostandoutofplay.

• ThesecondumpireistostarttheircountandwhentheythinkitwouldbeaHeldBall.Forexample,atthreesecondstheyaretoblowtheirwhistle,call‘HeldBall’andusethecorrecthandsignal.Thepartnerwiththestopwatchistoindicatehowclosetheyweretothethreeseconds.

• Swaproleseachtimeandcontinuetopractise.

• UsetheAsk the Umpiresquestionstopromotefurtherdiscussionaroundtherule,andreinforcethemostimportantaspectsofthelearningbyreferencingtheUmpire Coaching Tips.

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