For field hockey umpires, by field hockey umpires
It can get tricky determining when to bring suspended players back on the pitch, especially when they’re goalkeepers. This super-extended plus bonus question edition covers why the suspension duration needs to be certain, and why we bring them back immediately–unless the suspension expires after the award of and before the completion of a penalty corner….
Here’s an unusually brief take on determining obstruction when the ball carrier is in the act of swinging, either on a shot or a pass. Spoiler alert: it comes down to shifting your focus to the defender YET AGAIN. (It’s almost like this is a pretty valuable umpiring technique to develop–just throwing it out there,…
Third-party obstructions are tricky at best, and now we need to track when they happen to goalkeepers too? Absolutely. Cooperation with your supporting umpire is key, so listen up to some techniques in this WUW excerpt. Thanks to fhu3t 🟢 Teamers Shelley Price and Stewart Cawthray for taking the time to bring this question up….
How do you handle the end-of-time (not End Of Times, that’s more serious) horn/hooter/whistle/other random noise sounding during the penalty corner you’re running? As often if the case, you don’t, because you prevent such a disastrous occurrence from occurring in the first place. Get all the details on this WUW excerpt and let me know…
Why do umpires find it so easy to give upgrade penalties within the 23m area but not cards? When would you give them together? Why do you not give cards without the team penalty upgrade? It’s all here, plus a capital-R capital-A capital-you get the idea RANT. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go…
You’re the supporting umpire and your colleague misses a big call in their circle. How do you communicate? What if you don’t have radios? Get some strategies here. Downloads Pre-Match Chat Card – No Radios Pre-Match Chat Card – Radios Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! Join the fhu3t today! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑…
A challenge that faces all of the #thirdteam on the regular: how do you handle temperamental games where players, coaches and the dogs watching from outside the fence all seem to be mad? All the strategies you can shake a stick at are right here! Clips That Didn’t Make It https://www.dropbox.com/s/couss9pyg6ghy8t/2019-01-19%20M01%20ESPvBEL%20Management%20of%20players%20complaining%20repeatedly.mp4?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwttp6wn38ojyq2/20200216%20M40%20NZLvESP%20Player%20management.mp4?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/pr85bsm1d9pbj2j/20191013%20M06%20AUSvMAS%20Management%20of%20afters.mp4?raw=1 Check out…
HOLD THE PHONE: should we be upgrading and carding aerial 5m infringements? Find out in this vid, and let’s hear from you in the comments! https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9c49iah69oqlkk/2019-01-19%20M01%20ESPvBEL%20Aerial%20to%20attacker%205m%20infringement%20before%20control.mp4?raw=1 Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! Join the fhu3t today! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
