Umpire Name: Contact Mobile Phone Number: Email Address: Objectives of this Planning and Preparation Exercise
To encourage you to start your tournament preparation now.
To help your Coach understand you and your goals and then feedback back to you on your development/progress.
Assist you in havinga successful and enjoyable tournament.
To be a better umpire (and individual) at the end of the tournament (to have learnedmore about yourselfand your umpiring).
Coaching and Feedback Relationship This relationship needsto be based on a two-way relationship of
Honesty
Respect
Hard work
Leadership
Professionalism
This is what you can expect from me, and it is what I expect from you. Preparation Tasks
Please send your current Performance Plan to----------------------------------- (if not already done so). If you do not have a current annual plan, then please at least send your a. Current Umpire Strengths b. Current Areas to Develop c. Short term goals forthis year / season
Your last two match self-assessments
Preparation Exercises In order to plan for a successful and enjoyable tournament, we need to think aboutour current game, opportunities and where we want to be at the end of it.
Given your appointed role in the tournament, it is necessary to identify some tournament specific goals and objectives. For us to make progress together, these goals need to be S.M.A.R.T.
Specific -identify something specific(not general) e.g. I want to improvemy communication skills / language so that people understand my comments.
Measurable - we chose a goal that can be measured in some way so that we know (or otherwise) if it has been achievedby the end of the tournament.
Appropriate - choose a goal that is one of your development issues, not one of your strengths and try to choose something that is a process goal (something you have controlover) and not an outcomegoal (like appointments).
Realistic - choose a goal/objective that is within reach - a stretch but within reach if you apply yourselfand work hard.
Timely - the goal has a deadline, which is the end of this tournament to be achieved by.
Please describe to me (and yourself) what a successful and enjoyableTournament would look like. What things need to happen for this to be a successful event according to you?
Please think carefully about this tournament and identify between 3-5 goals that you would like to achieve over the matches:
1. ___________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________
3. Is there anything in particular that you need to help you have a successful Tournament that___________________can help you with?
If you have any questions in themeantime, please feel free to write to me or contact me on Skype (Skype name is_____________________). (Tournament coaches)
Please send your work and files to__________________ via email to: (Tournament coaches)
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