AFL UMPIRE MENTOR PROGRAM MANUAL - AFL Community
AFL UMPIRE MENTOR PROGRAM MANUAL - AFL Community
AFL UMPIRE MENTOR PROGRAM MANUAL - AFL Community
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In each umpire’s account of his early days, what things encouraged himto stick at it?“Glenn James was my mentor when I first got on the list. We trained from his place pre-season untilhe retired. The main things he impressed on me were: (1) to make each training session a qualityone; (2) incorporate a balanced lifestyle with umpiring, i.e. family and work; (3) watch your diet! Healso taught me a lot about tolerance, as being an umpire requires you to have a thick hide and focuson the things that are important to you in your job and ignore the idiots around you. The commentspeople threw at him as we ran around where we trained really shocked me, but this was 23 years ago!Field umpire Gavin Dore umpired 302 senior <strong>AFL</strong> matches including the 1996 <strong>AFL</strong> Grand Final.16<strong>UMPIRE</strong> <strong>MENTOR</strong> <strong>PROGRAM</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong>