ITF Umpire Manual

2 front of the square. C) The Jury president will be the highest authority in the square. D) One of the members of the Jury will be a recorder and will be seated next to the Jury president to register and control the points of each competition. E) The other member of the Jury will be timekeeper and will be seated next to the jury president and will check and indicate the beginning, end and continuation of each match in sparring, he/she will ensure the presence of the competitors within the allotted time and will monitor the time for rounds in Patterns, Power and Special Technique. F) The Referee will be in the square to control the match. G) The Judges for Patterns (5 in number) will be seated in a line in front of the competitors (see Article 10 ). H) The judges for Sparring (4 in number) will be seated in every corner of the square (see Article 10 ). I) The Judges for Special Technique and Power Breaking will be in the area controlling the executions. Note: The judges will give points according to their judgment based on the Tournament Rules. Article 5 | DELEGATES / OFFICIAL COACHES A) Two (2) official coaches or technical directors per country; they will represent the individual competitors and teams. They must be registered with their national organisation and hold a current Status Card, they take part in the official meetings, they must register their competitors, submit their documents, present the official protest, they are responsible for the competitors’ presence at the registration, weight in, competition, award ceremonies, open and closing ceremonies. Article 6 | COACHES / FUNCTION A) For the competition there must be only 1 coach for each individual and team event, and must be seated at least 2 metres from the square. For pattern bouts (s)he cannot interfere by actions or words. During sparring bouts (s)he may encourage with restraint. B) For the Patterns, Power and Special Technique competitions, (s)he can accompany their competitors to the square but (s)he cannot enter it. C) The coach must not speak to the officials about the competition. Failure to comply will render the advisor liable to be disqualified from his coach position. The coaches cannot say that they have not been made aware about the rules that are laid down in the competition. D) In cases where competitors are injured, the Coach cannot interfere with the doctor’s decision, as is mentioned in the Article 39 of these Rules.