Hockey World League brings about another wonderful milestone, this time for Russia’s Elena Eskina who achieves her Golden Whistle at the age of 39. She spoke about how far she’s come in an article on FIH.ch: I started umpiring in 2002, my first match was Germany against Argentina – two giants of the game. I felt […]
FIH Releases Rule 13 (Free Hit) Guidance
The new rule regarding attacking free hits taken within the 5m dotted line has resulted in an amazing amount of discussion in some circles even though in practice, it’s been fairly easy for the players to get a handle on. As sometimes happens, we umpires are prone to taking a more restrictive approach than the FIH […]
More Advice From Ice Hockey Referees: Should We Be Talking More To Coaches and Players?
Back in the day (yes, it was a while back and yes, I have first-hand experience with it), field hockey umpires put a stop to any dialogue between them and coaches and players–sometimes with cards. In modern times that attitude has relaxed but we probably don’t encourage as much discussion as ice hockey referees do, who officiate a […]
What’s a Penalty Corner Routine? | #askfhu
#Askfhu is our ongoing series of posts that focus on a single umpiring issue that you may have been or likely will be faced with at some point in your career. We’ll focus on giving you tangible and effective strategies to deal with the situation. We also want to hear about your experiences and suggestions […]
Forced to quit hockey, Nirmala Dagar returns as umpire – The Times of India
Here’s an interesting story published in The Times of India about the success of Nirmala Dagar, who most recently umpired at the South East Asian Games. We lose so many female athletes and officials to the pressures of the roles they are expected to fulfill at home. Somehow we need to work to encourage change at a deeper […]
VIDEO: Watch hockey player slap umpire | DispatchLIVE
Another disturbing report of assault on a hockey umpire, this time out of East London, South Africa: Former South Africa hockey player Reece Basson, who hit an umpire during match in East London two weeks ago, will officially know his fate tonight when United Hockey and Border Hockey meet to discuss his sanction… In the […]
Being Fair Without Losing Control: NHL’s Paul Stewart
Game management is universal across sports. Today’s good learnin’ comes from the ice version of our sport, where long-time top referee Paul Stewart offers his advice on managing the even more volatile personalities known in the NHL. My method for dealing with such situations was to take control. I was a communicator: These are my ground rules, […]
Updates to Dartfish.tv
In case you missed it, the FIH’s Dartfish video library has been updated with 6 new videos. Unfortunately it’s only 6, but since these are the first new videos we’ve seen in the last 4 years, we’ll taken them! The two topics covered are breaking on penalty corners and playing the ball above the shoulder. Hopefully we’ll see […]
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