Bowl Outs

[gooders]

Had the pleasure of supervising a bowl out today, and it made me smile as the ball went fractions of an inch past the off or leg stump, and the bowler gasped.
The thing which amused me was when I asked them, "if a batsman had been stood there and the ball had struck his pads, would you have appealed, and more to the point, would you have expected the decision in your favour?"
Their reaction showed that they may have realized that it may not be out every time it strikes the batsman's pads, and we can get it right

[johnfgolding]

gooders said:

Had the pleasure of supervising a bowl out today, and it made me smile as the ball went fractions of an inch past the off or leg stump, and the bowler gasped.
The thing which amused me was when I asked them, "if a batsman had been stood there and the ball had struck his pads, would you have appealed, and more to the point, would you have expected the decision in your favour?"
Their reaction showed that they may have realized that it may not be out every time it strikes the batsman's pads, and we can get it right

Exactly the same happened to me last year. In fact it took 28 deliveries before a ball hit the wicket.
It taught me a great deal about judging a LBW, even those you think are going to "york" the batsman.

I have become very mean in giving LBW decisions in favour of the bowler, the exercise has taught me to absolutley sure before raising the finger. I know you are supposed to but this reinforced it.
I find I have also got more respect from the bowlers as well.

I would recommend every umpire to do the same.
It is simple, if you are attached to a club, organise it as part of the training sessions.