For field hockey umpires, by field hockey umpires
A player mistraps the reception on the aerial and clearly plays the ball off her own foot. She then pokes the ball away in a subtle but cynical motion to ensure the opposition canโt take a quick free hit. Given the spacing of the players and where this occurred, a penalty corner is a good…
This passage of play shows how raised balls are handled inside the circle. The first is a save made by a defender where she stops the ball legally in mid-air, deflecting it back towards an attacker, causing no danger. The ball falls to the floor for the attacker, who then takes another shot. A defender…
The defender attempts to clear the ball out of his end but mishits on his reverse. This is not danger but, as he goes over the ball, uses of the back of the stick.
The umpire mistakenly awards a penalty corner (which isnโt possible in a shoot-out anyway), or a retake, when the goalkeeper plays the ball intentionally off the backline during a shoot-out attempt. However, the FIH shoot-out regulations clearly set out this is a legal play and will end the shoot-out attempt. Thankfully, the video umpire is…
For a goal to be scored, an attacker must touch the ball inside the circle before it crosses the goal line. There was no touch by an attacker here, and also no defender, so the correct decision is a 15m free hit.
A defender (#5) reaches in after being beaten at the centre line and the umpire plays advantage through until a free push is awarded near the circle in front of her. The umpire initially has the correct player in her sights but gets confused when #5 allows her virtual twin (#8) to run off the…
