TAKRAW
UMPIRE / REFEREE COURSE (Pictures)
In
efforts to increase the number of technically sound Takraw Umpires
and Official Referees, STAC conducts Certified Training Courses and
tries to coordinate them with tournaments so that course participants
can get immediate experience (under supervision), putting theory into
practice.
EXAMPLE
OF A TAKRAW UMPIRE / REFEREE TRAINING COURSE:
| 9:00
- 9:10 am |
Class
room or meeting room |
1)
Introduction & overview / video clip |
| 9:10
- 10:40 am |
Class
room or meeting room
Overhead
proj
Rule books
|
2)
Each participant receives a copy of "SEPAK TAKRAW
– OFFICIAL RULE BOOK", and follows through
each of the rules in the 1st Section of the Rule
Book as the instructor goes through them one by one. The focus
in Section 1 is on all the specific rules that have to do with
the technical aspect of the game. |
| 10:40
- 10:50 am |
Outside
room |
BREAK |
| 10:50
– 11:00 am |
Class
room or meeting room |
3)
Watch video clip showing Standard Game Protocol. |
| 11:00
– 12:00 noon |
Class
room or meeting room |
4)
Continue to follow along in Section 2 of the Rule Book that
deals specifically with all of the procedures involved with
starting a match, entering the court, number of helpers and
officials, announcing, deciding who serves first, changing sides,
how to call the game, specific terminology to use, leaving the
court, etc. |
| 12:00
- 1:00 pm |
Wherever |
LUNCH |
| 1:00
– 4:00 pm |
Gym
or outdoors |
5)
Takraw tournament, at which all the course participants will
take their turns being the Assistant Umpire, Head Umpire and
Official Referee. Depending on numbers, it could be matches
among themselves (if they also like to play) or among others. |
Shorter
versions of the above course can also be conducted on request, and,
though a great idea, it does not necessarily have to include an immediate
tournament.
| Materials
needed:
|
Class
room, board room or meeting room with tables/desks and chairs;
TV/VCR; overhead projector; official rule books for each participant;
badminton courts & nets; takraw balls; score sheets. |
| Cost: |
$7/person
for STAC Members (just
to cover the cost of the Official Rule Book);
$30/person
for
non-members. To
become a STAC Member, click
here. |
For
Bookings Contact: ASEC International
Phone/Fax:
(306) 584-8778
Email: info@asecint.org
| Photo
Album |
| 
|
1)
Displaying Takraw pictures, promo products, equipment, materials
and program information usually goes hand in hand with conducting
clinics and referee courses. |
|
5)
JHS Girls tournament in Newmarket, ON, 2002, that teachers took
turns Umpiring at after going over the theory (in Tim HortonÕs,
ha, ha). |
| 
|
2)
After the theory, participants are then guided through all the
aspects of Umpiring on the court, including how players are
to enter the court and where they should stand. |
|
6)
Game demonstration and Umpire practice during the Newmarket
JHS tournament by local players from the Lao-Canadian community
(and Rick Engel), 2003. |
| 
|
3)
Coordinating a morning theory session with an afternoon tournament
gives the perfect opportunity for all the Umpires-in-training
to practice. |
|
7)
Demonstration players and Umpires-in-training, with Rick Engel
(2nd from left), who lead the training, Newmarket,
ON, 2003. |
| 
|
4)
Did that ball hit the back of his arm while blocking? If so,
itÕs a foul, and a point for the other team. ThatÕs one of many
things that Umpires must watch. |
|
8)
Canadian Open, Regina, 2000. The ultimate goal is to train qualified
Umpires to officiate at all levels, even international events. |
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