IN or OUT?

[wilfredlgf]

If were to become the line judge for this game and for that call, I'll say IN.
If I were to do the judging from that still capture, I'll say it's OUT. Or IN. Or OUT. Or IN. Or OUT.

Of course, you won't expect me to say one thing and change my mind later, no? And definitely, not "I don't know". Especially not in a match like this.

If it is so easy to discern, why is there an almost balanced split of vote on BF, not a big 78:3 towards IN for example? To make things worst, we actually have more time and a closer look at it than the line judge himself.

Big debate, big debate. Keep em' coming!

[cooler]

I dont doubt your experience and training jump_smash. However, i do doubt that majority of line judges have similar credential as your. Remember that line judges are under extreme pressure too from eyes of thousands audience plus maybe tv camera. Players nervousness can be shake of after few rallies or 1st game (ie, early mistakes are not detrimental). HOWEVER, line judges are not allowed to make any mistake from the point the umpire says 'love all, play'. All the understanding of the IBF rules are moot if the line judge is nervous. Mistakes tend to foster more nervousness and more mistakes for that line judge because now more eyes are on him/her.

Nervous players can over their nervousness thru feedback/correction while line judges can't as no shuttles would land the same spot or situation within that match. They sit in a chair and can not move about and must act as tho they are calm and alert while the bloods can't get to the brain.LOL

For example:
- taufik lost 7 straight points but performed brillantly to win gold
- emms/robertson gave away the first game (1-15) in the gold XD match due to nervousness.

Players often get post game interviews as to why they win or lost. I wonder why no one interview the line judge(s) that made the controversial call. LOL

[cappy75]

Well, the linejudge saw the shuttle landed whereas the rest of us had this still picture of the shuttle still in the air to speculate. I don't see why you should belittle linejudges in this matter. For me, the only thing relevant with this poll is whether the shuttle hits the line or not... all other issues are extraneous and moot. It's 'in' according to the linejudge and that's the answer to the poll.

Players often get post game interviews as to why they win or lost. I wonder why no one interview the line judge(s) that made the controversial call. LOL

[tranvi007]

In or Out is just your opinion. But u can't tell, u can't predict before it lands. In many games i watched, it seems totally in but it's out, or vice versa, this is because the camera angle can really fool u.

[jump_smash]

I dont doubt your experience and training jump_smash. However, i do doubt that majority of line judges have similar credential as your. Remember that line judges are under extreme pressure too from eyes of thousands audience plus maybe tv camera. Players nervousness can be shake of after few rallies or 1st game (ie, early mistakes are not detrimental). HOWEVER, line judges are not allowed to make any mistake from the point the umpire says 'love all, play'. All the understanding of the IBF rules are moot if the line judge is nervous. Mistakes tend to foster more nervousness and more mistakes for that line judge because now more eyes are on him/her.

Nervous players can over their nervousness thru feedback/correction while line judges can't as no shuttles would land the same spot or situation within that match. They sit in a chair and can not move about and must act as tho they are calm and alert while the bloods can't get to the brain.LOL

For example:
- taufik lost 7 straight points but performed brillantly to win gold
- emms/robertson gave away the first game (1-15) in the gold XD match due to nervousness.

Cooler,

Thanks.

1. Umpire can always remove Line Judge (in cosulatation with Referee, 2.3)

2. IBF is still trialling rule change whereby Umpire can overrule Line Judge.
Tournmanet can elect to use "IBF Experimental Overrule" amendment.

Sorry can remember the details on this one, a friend is going to E-mail me that,
later today. This was used at 2004 Australian International.

[wilfredlgf]

2. IBF is still trialling rule change whereby Umpire can overrule Line Judge.

This could prove difficult.
Line judges are located where they are on the court for the obvious reasons: to be the third eye of the umpire in places where he/she cannot see.
Use this 'IN or OUT' example and you will see that an umpire may not be able to see any better than the line judge could.

I'd prefer a third official with video like football's fourth official for ambiguous calls, but some are actually against it because it ruins the 'drama' and 'romance' of football. Would that happen in badminton? Still, this can be a problem by itself - as in 'IN or OUT', what if the call is way too close?

[seven]

I don't think it is good for the game that the umpire can overrule the linejudge. It is obvious that the umpire isn't placed so he can judge the impact...

[Loh]

From a physical location point of view, I agree that the LJ should be in a much better position to see whether the shuttle touches the line or not, especially when the shot is to the baseline or at a spot much further away from the umpire than the LJ.

But sometimes the LJ is caught 'sleeping' or not paying attention and he refused to admit it by signalling 'unsighted'. We have also seen some LJs are biased in favour of their countrymen to the detriment of the opponent. If he makes a wrong decision which is followed up by the aggrieved player's protest and if the umpire is near enough to witness the shot, eg shuttle lands on or outside of the sidelines nearer to the umpire's chair, and agrees with the player, then I suppose the umpire can overrule the LJ. This sort of instances should be quite rare, I must admit.

Of course, in a case like this the LJ may have to be changed, here again it is up to the umpire's discretion. Or a protest for a change of the LJ can be channeled to the Referee by the player's manager, I believe.

[Wizbit]

We can see that there is a gap between the feathers and the line.

We can also see a shadow underneath the shuttle which indicates that it is still airborne.

My gut reaction is out, however if you go by the definition that it is 'in' if it touches any part of the line...part of the shadow touches the fringe of the line....

The call could go eitherway, I think the poll reflects this nicely

[Neil Nicholls]

I don't think it is good for the game that the umpire can overrule the linejudge. It is obvious that the umpire isn't placed so he can judge the impact...

I think it is good that the umpire can overrule the LJ. As long as the overrule is used wisely.

I have seen matches on TV where a linejudge has called IN when the shuttle looked out even to people watching the TV. The TV broadcast then shows a slow motion replay from a better angle and shows that the shuttle was easily 6 inches out.

This is the sort of gross error that an umpire should be able to overrule.

[Mag]

/.../ I watched couple of Athen matches from Han's dvds, the line judges look like from local volunteers. Hmmm, does greece really have many badminton players at all? They don't even have official line judge attire on. Every Athen match (so far) i saw there are line call dispute between players and line judges/umpire.

I'd say that generally the Olympics have the highest standard of line judges possible. For instance, in Athens, I know that many line judges were actually certified umpires. A number of Swedish umpires didn't get selected for Athens umpiring, so they went down to line judge. According to their reports, they were not alone in doing so and there were literally no line judges without at least league umpiring experience. In other words, no crash-course "local volunteers".

[Phil]

Haven't been here in a few weeks, so I haven't bothered reading through all the posts.

Clearly, the shuttle is OUT, because the tip of the cork is out. When the shuttle cork first contacts the ground, the rally is over. In this case, the tip of the cork is pretty much in the middle. Just because the outer radii of the cork is "on/over" the line doesn't matter because the rally is over when that tiny point on the cork hits outside the floor.

I was at a camp once, and the coach spent a good ten minutes on this. He demonstrated using a shuttle whether it is in or out, base on where the first contact of the cork is. Another situation is when the shuttle is on a nearly horizontal flight path, and looks like it catches the baseline, when really it is OUT.

Granted, most people will call this in in friendly/non-competitive matches.

Phil

[cooler]

Haven't been here in a few weeks, so I haven't bothered reading through all the posts.

Clearly, the shuttle is OUT, because the tip of the cork is out. When the shuttle cork first contacts the ground, the rally is over. In this case, the tip of the cork is pretty much in the middle. Just because the outer radii of the cork is "on/over" the line doesn't matter because the rally is over when that tiny point on the cork hits outside the floor.

I was at a camp once, and the coach spent a good ten minutes on this. He demonstrated using a shuttle whether it is in or out, base on where the first contact of the cork is. Another situation is when the shuttle is on a nearly horizontal flight path, and looks like it catches the baseline, when really it is OUT.

Granted, most people will call this in in friendly/non-competitive matches.

Phil

thank for the explanation phil as i didnt want to dwell into this in detail because i want to know other people's verdict before i had expressed my reasons (people do form opinions based on other ppl's opinion, especially when a stronger reason is given)

As i have said most line judges were given 2 minute crash course. Being Cooler and wasn't satisfied, i actually went created various scenarios of shuttlecock making contact with surface AT VERY CLOSE VISUAL DISTANCE. I had examined the cork contact position at various landing contact angles at close visual range. On pure technical base, the first molecule of the cork cover touches the first molecule of the wood or rubber mat floor, the rally is over.

Mag, i bet no umpires with full knowlege of IBF rule went through the visual training or investigation like i have. Knowing the IBF rule doesnt help in this case because no umpire or line judge can microscopically see the contact point. The only way to make the right call is to understand and to have seen these situation beforehand so that in real situation, a right call can be made (in an instance too)through understanding because there is no way anybody could actually see the exact contact point, expecially given the distance, angle of sight and shadow which all hinder visual clarity.

My call remains unchange, EZ and out. Easy because in my mind i know the answer already for those circumstances.

As of writing, 52.38% line calls from BC members are, imo, incorrect even under close visual with zoom and freeze frame photo LOL So, what make a line judge making a better call (IN) live during the actual game huh?

[cooler]

i got timeouted.
I want to edit my statement

Mag, i bet umpires with full knowlege of IBF rules, 99% of them haven't went through the visual training or investigation like i have. Now, let see, hmm, how many line judges know all the IBF rules

[seven]

cooler, you know wise men admit their mistakes! (so why not be wise on this one... )

Anyway, I won't argue about this, I think it is pointless!

[cooler]

cooler, you know wise men admit their mistakes! (so why not be wise on this one... )

Anyway, I won't argue about this, I think it is pointless!

it's pointless to you because you don't have any good points to
make.

if u read more of my posts, u would find i do admit mistakes when situation warranted but i dont back off if i think my claims stand. Here are links to all my oops. Go check them out if you want.
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...searchid=93630 I have admitted lots of oops so i must be a wise man. Thank you Seven.

I will continue to make line calls based on my above judgement. If you don't like it, you better report me to the IBF and our canadian badminton assocation because i'm such a bad line judge. I triple dare you.

[seven]

Sorry if I offended you, I was NOT saying that "you are not wise" in general, just saying that you could be wise in this particular case!

If I don't want to argue about this, it is not that I have no (good) points, it is
1/ that the subject isn't worth it
2/ that I don't think you would change your mind, whatever my arguments

My time on Earth being limited , I won't lose time on such trivial discussions!