IL Shim Umpires Course

         Report from the IL Shim Umpires Course

On Saturday the 14^th May, IL Shim ran its first umpires course. How do I know this you may ask? I ran it that’s how!! We covered a broad range of topics ranging from basic terminology, positioning, hand signals, attitude etc. We had over thirty participants in this inaugural event and sparring was to be the main focus.

A great many people go through their black belt journey without ever having stepped in a ring as an umpire or corner judge and this simply cannot continue, hence the course. For Taekwon-Do to flourish in Australia we need as many people to be up to speed in all aspects of tournament judging.

After the main presentation, which was both humorous and enlightening, it was time to put into practice the things they had just learnt. Although tentative at the start, the future umpires started to really get into it and enjoy themselves.

This is just the start of many courses that we will be running as an organisation and I can tell you that I am very excited to be a part of this fantastic journey!

Thank you to all the participants who gave it a go and hopefully you learnt something useful!!

See the Photos here

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