Yorkshire Cricket Board

If you are interested in training to become an umpire or simply just studying the Laws of Cricket, there are several options open to you.

MCC On-line resource
MCC, the Guardian of Law, recently completed a comprehensive overhaul of the Laws. To coincide with the new code that came into effect on October 1st, 2022, they have produced an excellent on-line resource which will take you through each of the Laws, with explanations and examples

This resource is free and open to anyone, all you need to do is go to the Laws of Cricket section on the MCC website https://www.lords.org/mcc/ click on ELEARNING and then click on ‘FIND OUT MORE’ to register or access any of the information without registration by clicking on the appropriate modules.

ECB ACO The Occasional Umpire
This resource is for those of you who play your cricket at a level where umpires are not provided and players have to take their turn doing a 10 over stint. It contains the umpiring basics ranging from key Laws to basic field craft. It is free and will hopefully improve the game day experience for you, your teammates and your opposition.

ECB ACO It’s Your Call Umpire Education
For those of you who wish to undertake more thorough umpire training, because you wish to stand as a ‘club umpire’ or you wish to join your local league panel, YCB ACO run courses across the county, these are outlined below. These are educational courses and simply designed to teach people how to umpire. There is no compulsory assessment associated with them, but accreditation is available for those who wish it. This would take place after a season or more of umpiring and further details will appear in these pages at a later date.

It's Your Call – Umpire Education Stage One - Online course
This course is designed as a basic overview of the Laws of the game and how to apply them. It will enable you to umpire matches as a club umpire where there are no independent umpires appointed and also for those players who have to umpire their own matches. The cost is FREE to participants.

You can access the course here: Online Course Link

It's Your Call – Umpire Education Stage One
This is designed to give you an overview of the basic Laws of the game and how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft and match management. It will give you the tools to enable you to umpire matches at the basic recreational level where there are no independent umpires appointed. The cost is £30 which also includes one year’s free membership of ECB ACO.

Book a course:

Sunday June 11th 9:00am - 16:00pm S20 The Boundary, 1 Longacre Close, Holbrook Industrial Estate, Sheffield S20 3FR Book Here

Sunday June 18th June - 10:00am - 16:30pm at the Ossett Cricket Club Book Here

It's Your Call – Umpire Education Stage Two
This course is designed to give you further knowledge and skills to enable you to become a member of a league panel and is available if you have attended Stage One. It will complement that course by looking beyond the basic laws, build on field craft and match management techniques and introduce the concept of working, as a team, with a colleague. The cost is £30, but is reduced to £10 if taken in the same training season as Stage One (when registering for Stage One, you will be given a discount code for Stage Two).

Book a course:

Sunday June 18th 9am - 16:00 The Boundary, 1 Longacre Close, Holbrook Industrial Estate, Sheffield S20 3FR Book Here

Sunday June 25th June - 10:00am - 16:30pm at the Ossett Cricket Club Book Here

It's Your Call – Umpire Education Stage Three
The Stage Three Course is open to anyone who has taken a minimum of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 or the old level 1 and level 1A Courses and is concerned with sharing ideas about improving aspects of umpiring.

Book a course:
Currently there are no courses available.

Anyone who has done Stage 2 in the past few years and wishes to progress their qualifications needs to do this course and follow the accreditation process associated with it. However, anyone can simply do the course, if they wish, to, hopefully, make themselves a better umpire. Even people who have done a Stage 2 course recently will, hopefully, still find parts of this course useful (although there is some repetition).

There are 7 modules on the course and they are briefly:

• Limited Overs Cricket – the extra challenges involved in T20 and 50 over knockout regulations
• Further Match Management – a look at a selection of Laws
• Effective Performance - A look at the mental challenges of umpiring and how to deal with them
• Managing Player Behavior - effective procedures and early intervention
• Self-Reflection and Analysis – Why it is useful and how to go about it

These refresher courses are designed for experienced/qualified umpires who are already active in umpiring. These 'nets for umpires' are ideal to get warmed up for the upcoming season whilst also looking into the more technical aspects of the Laws (the minutiae or the nuances). There is no cost at the point of entry and tea/coffee is usually provided, and lunch for an all day course.
If you miss one of the weeks at a particular venue, you can attend the same week at another venue and get the same content.
Book online at the course of your choice. You will find the links mention "tutor training" but at the moment this is merely a peculiarity of the particular course template used, and you can safely ignore.

Book a course: No courses currently available.