Bitesize Learning | New Rules | Game Management

Game management is crucial to keeping our game safe and fair.

Cautions have been removed and umpires can now advance or escalate a sanction. Normally an umpire will work through these game management actions in order unless an offence is serious enough to require a higher level of game management to be applied immediately.

Game Management Actions:

1. Proactive Advice

   1. For low-level incidents that do not compromise player safety, an umpire can provide specific feedback to a player to change their behaviour
      

2. Advance/Escalate

   1. A sanction may be advanced up to 5m. If an infringement is in the goal third, it can be advanced into the circle. A free pass may be escalated to a penalty pass, as a stand-alone action or in combination with the sanction being advanced.
      

3. Warning

   1. This lets a player know that if they continue to infringe the foul play rules they will be suspended.
      

4. Suspension

   1. The player will be sent from the court for 2 minutes of playing time. After 2 minutes, the suspended player may return to the court, or they may be replaced with a different bench player
      

5. Ordering Off

   1. The player must leave the court and takes no further part in the match. The suspended player may be replaced by another player after 4 minutes of playing time.

Remember:

t’s important to remember that umpires work as a team to control the game. Warnings, suspensions and ordering off are all immediately binding on the co-umpire.

As an example: if one umpire gives a player a warning and that player continues to infringe the foul play rules at the other umpire’s end of the court, they would then suspend that player.

The Process:

1. Hold time using hand signal.

2. Use the specific term & hand signal for the game management action.

3. Advise the player of the behaviour the game management action is being applied to
   

Supporting Documents

2024 Rules of Netball

2024 Rules Update

Game Management PDF

England Netball have an extensive document with frequently answered questions which gives more information for those who wish to read it - this can be found on this link - England Netball - 2024 Rules of Netball FAQ (Public) - Google Sheets

All info has been taken from the England Netball Website and World Netball Website