For field hockey umpires, by field hockey umpires
Do you know all the little details in how to correctly manage a free hit to the defence awarded within 15m of the end line under the rules of hockey? Learn them all on this #RuleyTuesday!
Here’s a fun hockey rules scenario: what if an umpire is ready to award a foul or needs to consult a colleague about a foul in their circle and time expires before they can blow their whistle?
This week’s hockey rules problem: how do you handle when a ball doesn’t leave the circle before a shot is taken on goal during a penalty corner? We’ll give you the answer on this #RuleyTuesday! When it comes to hockey rules, 13.3(k) is the absolute WORST. This episode of #RuleyTuesday we’ll pick apart the rule…
On this #RuleyTuesday, we tackle the hockey rule that determines what you need to do when you’ve suspended a goalkeeper from the game, awarded a penalty stroke, but the team lacks a second dressed goalkeeper. What do you think? Do you have local regulations that change how you’d handle this? Also, do you have a…
This collision on the penalty corner is worth examining, for a variety of reasons. For context, there was a significant incident at last year’s Pro League Finals during the semi-final between these two teams where a collision between an AUS attacker and GBR defender resulted in the defender suffering a concussion and had to sit…
Here’s the first instalment of a new feature called #RuleyTuesday.* I’ll present a hot take on one subclause of a hockey rule in as close as I can get to 2′. Up first: intentionally playing the ball off the end line. Let me know your thoughts! Do you have a request and would like to…
