Ten Commandments of Umpiring

The Ten Commandments of Umpiring

I - Keep your eye on the ball.TEN COMMANDMENTS

II - Keep all personalities out of your work.  Forget and forgive.

III - Avoid sarcasm.  Don't insist on the last word.

IV. - Never charge a player and above all no pointing your finger and yelling.

V - Hear on the the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

VI - Keep your temper.  A decision made in anger is never sound.

VII - Watch your language

VIII - Take pride in your work at all times.  Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

IX - Review your work.  You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.

X - No matter what your opinion of another umpire, never make an adverse comment regarding him.