Once you begin to have a clear vision for what you want in each of these categories, then you can truly start thinking about how to achieve everything you want in life. In the words of cricket umpire Bill Copeland “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life ...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
Cricket is first and foremost a match between pitcher and batsman. The thrower tries to knock out the batsman by the opposite fence in various ways, including by throwing down the fence behind him. In traditional cricket, the team’s innings end when ten of the eleven batsmen are knocked ...
Despite evidence that elite-level cricket umpires are highly accurate in making leg-before-wicket (LBW) judgements, there is limited understanding as to how they make these judgements. In this study, we explored the explicit LBW decision-making expertise of elite-level cricket umpires (N=10) ...
This is not cricket but baseball, which was more akin to our sport in 1920 than today, in at least one respect: one ball was used throughout a game. It was common practice to scuff that ball, spit on it, and discolour it, helping it move in the air and become hard to spot at ...
Learn the rules and the nuances of the game, and pass a certification course to become a recognized referee. The United States is broken up into a number of different member regions of USA Volleyball, and each region is sanctioned to certify referees. Referees typically have to pass written ...
The best thing that happened in lockdown, well one of them, is that a friend asked me if I wanted any of his late father’s cricket books. I went to see him and have acquired a treasure trove of old stuff. I’ve read Gower’s favourite cricketers, a Boycott screed that starts off...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
former BP Llandarcy worker Mr Jenkins had been moving with his back to the fielder to try to get a good view of any potential run-out.The horrified fielder who threw the ball knew Mr Jenkins well as the umpire had given him cricket coaching from the age of 10.Mr Davies said: "It wa...
Cricket: So just how good an umpire is Darrell HairStephen BrenkleyIndependent on Sunday