{"id":33406,"date":"2015-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/umpiring-changes-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"umpiring-changes-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/umpiring-changes-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpiring changes in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AFL umpires will have two focus areas this season.<\/h3>\n<p>Umpires coach Hayden Kennedy joined Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Prior opportunity<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cThe time that a player gets to dispose of the ball has just come in a little bit,\u201d Hayden said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you choose to evade and get tackled, we\u2019ll consider that prior opportunity. If you\u2019re balanced and steady, we consider that prior opportunity as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Marking\/blocking<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWe want the guys to contest the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hayden said a free kick would be awarded if \u201cwe see that someone\u2019s moving off their line to block an opposition player from contesting the mark, or whether he uses his arms out in a sheparding motion to prevent someone contesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to the full interview here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/191551237&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/four-umpires-are-too-many-says-mick-malthouse\">TOO MANY UMPIRES: MALTHOUSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/james-podsiadly-in-defence\">J-POD IN DEFENCE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFL umpires will have two focus areas this season. 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Prior opportunity \u201cThe time that a player gets to dispose of the ball has just come in a little bit,\u201d Hayden said.&nbsp; \u201cSo if you choose to evade and get tackled, we\u2019ll consider that prior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-33406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Umpiring changes in 2015 - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/umpiring-changes-in-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Umpiring changes in 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AFL umpires will have two focus areas this season. 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