WhatUpWednesday

📅 Aug 28 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re back, baby! It’s a European Championship Qualifier episode as we apply the RDI carding framework with breakdown tackles, 5m infringements, and captains’ responsibilities. There’s a nice third-party obstruction, an IG tackle and yep: a facemask striking an umpire. I’m days away from getting on my first flight towards a […]

📅 July 24 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The #EHCU21 tournament has drawn to a close in Terrassa and let’s check the tape. Wait: there are aerials. But also! 5m infringements, and confirmation that indeed, “this is not soccer” (thank you, Nigel Owens #legend). We’re on the cusp of the Paris Olympic Games so you only have 3 […]

📅 July 17 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The players of summer are here as we head to Terrassa for U21 European Championship action. We have some big tackles, intentional fouls inside the circle and…what’s this? An aerial into the circle? dies of shock 😆 In our skill session, we’ll talk about whistle technique and specifically, how do […]

📅 July 10 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube See you there! 🚨 Sign up now and nail those big calls with Mission Critical Positioning! ⏱ Chapter Markers:00:04:30 Chair Dancing 00:04:46 1. The O35s Overhead: WTN v NHR O35 Final, Vantage Hockey New Zealand National Masters Championship 00:42:40 2. Skll Session: “Noting” Your Mindset 01:02:07 3. Work Abroad Program […]

📅 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Today’s live stream is brought to you by the letters I and G, as we delve into all things aerial, picking a side with danger vs. PC, and where we’re getting into trouble with players “pushing”. We’ll also have a little tough love sesh on why you shouldn’t judge close-up vertical video […]

📅 Jun 26 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Complex #FIHProLeague clips abound this week as we dig into language around penalty stroke awards, adding personal penalties to long barrier fouls, and tease apart stick shielding. Also: find out why there’s such thing as a “friendly”. Live is best but replay folks are super cool too! See you on […]

📅 Jun 19 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Back so soon? Indeed, as we have many Lee Valley #FIHProLeague happenings to wrap up. We have a few aerial interceptions and infringements to cover within the context of the new 2024 FIH Umpires’ Briefing, which we’ll also review for any notable changes. There’s a GK shoot-out obstruction, a rather […]

📅 Jun 16 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re going to nerd out over free hits at the 23m line, shots at goal (a perennial favourite!), and marking battles in the circle. Also, we’ll talk about changing your stick in the shoot-out, and the topic that never ends, dragging on the PS! This special #WhatUpSunday is only one-half […]

📅 Jun 5 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We have a probable goal penalty stroke, double green cards, obstruction on a chasing defender, card for an intentional 5m aerial infringement, first shot at goal on a PC…and that’s just the warm-up! Get ready for a rapid-fire, brain-exploding stream as we review action from the Nations Cups in Terrassa […]

📅 May 29 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The FIH Pro League is back! We get to revisit some balls hit and raised out of mid-air, complicated video referrals (hello, Pibworth Rule!), failed aerial interceptions and more. The Skill Session returns as we get tactical about putting our best Bobby McFerrin and Bee-Gees combo together to both look […]

📅 May 22 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Can a shot at goal be dangerous? Let’s find out together. Also, updates to the video umpire protocols just in time for the restart of the Pro League and start of the Nations Cups, an umpire taking matters into his own…feet…, and a question on how to treat gloves after […]

📅 May 15 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Have you ever wondered if you’re doing the best fitness preparation you can in the time you have for hockey umpiring? Want to make this next season your best and perform at your highest level? Looking to prevent injuries throughout the season so you can push for that big promotion? […]

📅 May 8 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The Great Debate over dragging on the penalty stroke is on and on our 7th attempt, let’s settle it once and for all! (LOLZ) Also, we check in with a disallowed goal and some afters from the Hoofdklasse. Finally, we’ll catch up with podcasts from our friends at Let’s Stick […]

📅 May 1 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re back! We’ve got a socials-packed stream with goalkeeper tackles, a ball hitting an umpire for a goal, diving defenders and dangerous play with a ball in the air.Come one and all as the hamsters get back in their wheels and get this livestream spinning! ⏱ Chapter Markers:0:00 Chair Dancing […]

📅 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Today we’re talking to Leandro Martinez-Zurita from the EHCO all about the second edition of the EHCO Trophy, an amazing U19 European club championship that FHumpires is honoured to be staffing with umpires, umpire managers and officials again! We’ll also touch on the regurgitation of clips on social media, and remember that […]

📅 Mar 24 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re recapping the exploits of the FHU3T at the Hockey New Zealand National Masters Championships, commentating on the live stream of the Indoor Pan Am Cup in Calgary, Canada, and looking ahead to the EHCO Trophy U19 European Club championship, and another UK speaking tour. It’s been a crazy month […]

📅 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Join this interactive masterclass with Joep de Mol, Phil Roper, Keely Dunn and Ernst Baart about 3D skills in the circle. 🚨 Sign up now and nail those big calls with Mission Critical Positioning! ⏱ Chapter Markers: Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript 🎶 #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos […]

📅 Feb 21 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube It’s a mix of indoor and outdoor today, starting with the PS shoot-out decision that 90% of folks are getting wrong. We’re talking through a decision matrix for intentional aerial infringements, another wandering goalkeeper and a few TBC because who doesn’t love a sense of mystery. Speaking of mystery: who’s […]

📅 Feb 14 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re reviewing weekend 2 of the European Indoor Championships with playing the outlet, playing the one-timer, and playing the ball out of the air. Many playings. In our weekly skill session, we look at, well, looking at our own performances in visualization and rehearsal. Oh, and there was that little […]

📅 Feb 7 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The men’s European Hockey Indoor Championships lit up Leuven, and we have clips to discuss and questions to ponder! Saving the ball out of the air, playing the outlet, can a PC runner be drilled, when is a raised ball raised, and more. Our popular Skill Session is on a […]

📅 Jan 24 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube All 4 #FIHOlympicQualifiers have wrapped up in Ranchi, Valencia and Oman and we’ve got so many clips to learn from. From goalkeepers dealing with aerial passes into the circle, to obstructing in a shoot-out, to serious misconduct referrals, we’ll pull out principles we can apply on the pitch and make […]

📅 Jan 17 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube “NOOO!!!” 😂 YES, the chaos of the #fiholympicqualifiers is upon us! Let’s talk about an intentionally-raised hit in mid-air, a goalkeeper slide tackle, the weirdest bully you’ve EVER seen, and interfering with the stick. In our new regular Skills Session, we’ll cover the issue of holding your whistle in your […]

📅 Jan 10 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Let’s slide all nice and easy into 2024. We’ve got a couple of clips showing off interesting goalkeeper choices that’ll get our brains back into umpire nerd mode. We’ll also discuss how to recover when you’re having a rough game, touch on the new FIH umpiring panels, and most importantly: […]

📅 Dec 20 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re helping Santa out with that Naughty or Nice List and figuring out who’s getting (Christmas) cards as we wrap up the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Malaysia. There’s more misconduct(!), video referral protocol leftovers, and more close calls to learn from. But what’s the last live stream of […]

📅 Dec 6 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re through to the cross-over stages of the #WJWC2023 in Santiago, Chile and WOWZERS. Stick shields, body shields, first hits on PCs, dangerous shots and uses of the stick, intentionally playing the ball of the end line, 5m infringements on aerials and sideline hits… 9 clips in total (a Very […]

📅 Nov 29 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’ve got the scoop on how the Indoor Rules of Hockey change everything in 3 days…or not. A last gasp from the Hoofdklasse on this penalty corner play, and a quick shout-out to the women’s Junior World Cup, men’s Junior World Cup, and 2023-2024 FIH Pro League all overlapping in […]

📅 Nov 29 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube What’s in store today? (See what I did there?) I’m trying something very different in honour of my first observance of the hallowed holiday of Black Friday. Be forewarned: this stream will NOT stay up for replay to the public! DUH DUH DUN…. Bonus: if you’re around at the end […]

📅 Nov 15 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Aerials are hard; let’s figure out how to make them easier. Also, when a goalkeeper gets thiiiiis close to the 23m line and how we process the decision. Plus: do we even like rugby enough to include their time extension rule? (Is that what it’s called? 🤷‍♀️) Bonus clips and […]

📅 Nov 1 🚨 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We fall back (see what I did there?) into current clip analysis and some really novel situations. Wondering how to call intentionally playing the ball off the end line? We’ll sort this out together and give you a comprehensive checklist with unusual clips to illustrate. Then we’ve got two […]

📅 Oct 11 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The EHL KO16 is over, and I have questions. When is a slide tackle not a slide tackle? When is a shot at goal dangerous? When is an aerial infringement intentional? Bonus: spilling tea from the Hoofdklasse because they have some overflowing pots. Let’s get to some answers together in […]

📅 Sep 27 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube The Hoofdklasse is back is so are IG reels with vertical clips and lots of unverifiable comments! Let’s figure out a couple of tackles from HDM v Pinoke together. Also, I really have been over-preparing for shows lately and want to breathe a bit so how about we do an […]

➡️ YouTube Fresh off a nearly record-setting UK leg (just behind Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in ticket sales), this #WhatUpWednesday is a replay of the last stop of the Umpiring Rhapsody Tour at Reading Hockey Club. 00:00:00 Introduction by the amazing Ginette Tessier 00:03:19 Free Hit Management: Rolling Balls 00:03:29 ENGvAUS 2022 Commonwealth Games Semi-Final 00:10:52 […]

📅 Sep 13 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Remember that time at bandcamp when I had all those Euros clips and couldn’t get to them because of that little Gold Medal game thing? Let’s do them now because I’m only just back from the #UmpiringRhapsody Tour and ain’t nobody got time for brand-new material. Also, I’ll review my […]

📅 Aug 30 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube If you somehow missed the drama that was the European Championship men’s final, I hereby challenge your life choices! We’re going to talk multi-layered decision-making, what it means for a goalkeeper to move their feet early on a penalty stroke, and just why video referrals are there. It takes a […]

📅 Aug 23 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re halfway through #EHC2023 and we have SO much to cover! Dangerous shots at goal, because, obviously. Breakdown tackles and physicality galore, the ball hitting protective equipment, and is the end of goalkeepers moving early on penalty strokes? We spend 90 min highlighting the most interesting and thought-provoking scenarios from […]

📅 Aug 16 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re looking at some key moments from the Men’s Asian Champions’ Trophy that just wrapped up in Chennai, including a goal off the body and a wicked yellow card advantage played to a goal. There’s an intriguing PC collision from the Oceania Cup Olympic qualifier series in Whangerei, a GK […]

📅 Aug 2 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Did you hear about a mysterious one-page doc on FIH letterhead announcing a potential rules trial for the penalty corner? Are you panicking because you don’t know what to do? Relax, we’ve got you covered. Join us for an in-depth exploration of what we know and more importantly, what we […]

📅 July 5 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube This week, we’re living dangerously with a shot at goal and a 3D move. We have the secret formula to knowing when to add a card when you’ve already upgraded to a penalty corner. And: when is a tackler being shielded or is just breaking down play? It’s the end […]

📅 June 28 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube What’s up with all the dropped sticks? We’ll also roll through a few aerial scenarios, check out a ball played with the handle of the stick, and another first: PC equipment kicked back ON to the pitch. We’re in for another fast-paced episode so join us live to work that […]

📅 June 21 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Just about every thorny issue that can arise did in Pro League action this weekend…and that was just in the GBRvGER men’s game! We have so much to cover, including a ball hitting discarded protective equipment on the way to the goal, where is the free hit from on danger […]

📅 June 14 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube Did you know video referrals can be controversial? Let’s uncover this amazing fact together. And what directions should be taken into account for the ball travelling 5m before entering the circle on a free hit? We’ve got sliding players, shepherding the ball off the end line, remedies for time-wasting, and […]

📅 June 7 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube When is an aerial over, when is obstruction a foul, and is this a back stick breakdown? And we have a trippy déja-vu with ball placement leading up to a goal. Make sure you stick around because after the live stream we’ll dive into the server for a replay experience […]

📅 May 31 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’re chock-a-block with lots of interesting scenarios and questions on the table. We’ll work through a VR from the GBRvBEL #FIHProLeague match where a back stick led to the ball travelling off the end line. And how do you prove to me that bullies are the worst? Let me show […]

📅 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube See you there! 🚨 Sign up now and nail those big calls with Mission Critical Positioning! ⏱ Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Chair Dancing 00:02:27 Topics! 00:08:03 1. Is This Hertzberger 3D Skill Legal? 00:20:16 2. Back Stick Video Referral in the Hoofdklasse Semi-Final 00:33:08 3. This EHL Collision 01:03:53 4. Why Are We Still […]

📅 May 3 18.00 GMT➡️ YouTube When a tackle is shown on an IG Reel, can you make it a constructive conversation? When a free hit attack is played directly into the circle, where do you take the FHD? What should you do when a player drops a stick? And finally, should parents be forced to […]