❓Q&A 🎬 Various #FHUreactions 0:00 Intros and Announcements, Announcements, Announcements22:59 How much of the ball can be higher than 460mm above the goal line on the first hit shot on a penalty corner?27:14 If a defender is carded during a penalty corner, does the team defend the subsequent PC with one fewer?36:30 Can players wear […]
Understanding Team Tactics | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 28
💡How Understanding Team Tactics Can Make You More Effective (Take 2!) 🎬 Various #FHUreactions We talk over issues like different team presses and how to position yourself and properly plan for likely tendencies of both the pressing and pressed teams, how teams use time-wasting tactics as a form of clock management, and so much more! […]
Aerials, Stick Blocks & GK Slides – #FHUreactions | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 27
Aerials, Stick Blocks & GK Slides – #FHUreactions All the #FHUreactions! 16:14 🎬 Stick Block of Trailing Defender 45:41 🎬 Aerial Into the D 1:12:31 🎬 A Sliding Goalkeeper Join your favourite #thirdteam friends for a solid #KeelyHour of discussion, tips, ideas and banter. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 […]
Tim Peel (NHL) & More #FHUreactions | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 26
NHL Referee Tim Peel & Hot Mic Mistake 💡Tim Peel’s removal from NHL games and what it means for hockey umpires👀 Check the original footage📰 Patrick Johnston: Hockey should just turn on the referee’s mic all the time – The Telegram📰 Kevin McGran: No one is blameless in the NHL officiating crisis. The solution starts […]
Losing Your Motivation? | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 25
💪 Lost Your Motivation?💡 More #FHUreactions Are you struggling with motivation? I am. Let’s talk about motivation, habits, mental health, and basically give each other a virtual hug on the stream today. 📅 Download to your calendar: https://fhumpires.com/ics-wuw Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey […]
Have You Ever Lost Your Temper? | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 24
😡 Have you ever lost it on the pitch?💡 More #FHUreactions There’s a lot of conversation surrounding (ahem certain football referees) losing their temper on the pitch, Has this happened to you? What tips do you have to help us all keep our cool? 29:55 How Many of Us Lose Our Temper On the Pitch […]
More #FHUreactions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 23.2
💡#FHUreactions Aligning the indoor bully – @selfpass Check out Ep. 23.3 here… Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
More #FHUreactions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 23.1
💡#FHUreactions Hockey.nl: dangerous shot on goal Check out Ep. 23.2 here… Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
More #FHUreactions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 23.3
💡#FHUreactions Goalkeeper throws equipment for a penalty stroke (PS) but not card – RealHockey Check out Ep. 23.1 here… Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
#FHUreactions & Rants | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 22
💡#FHUreactions & Rants That’s right, it’s a random AMA and tea-spilling show this week! Have an idea for a future topic? Let me know in the replies or comments or by DM––I’d love to be able to help you. USFHA Indoor Dangerous Shot Indoor Goal or No Goal – @Hockeyfilmpje Stuart Baxter and Rape Culture […]
Dissent & Misconduct | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 21
💡Dissent – Where’s the Line? This week, we talk about why we deal with misconduct. Spoiler alert: it’s not to protect our own egos! Have a watch for some principles, examples and confidence builders. 💻 fhumpires.live Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring […]
FHU Reactions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 22
💡Pure Randomness That’s right, it’s a random AMA and tea-spilling show this week! Have an idea for a future topic? Let me know in the replies or comments or by DM––I’d love to be able to help you. USFHA Indoor Dangerous Shot Indoor Goal or No Goal – Hockeyfilmpje Stuart Baxter and Rape Culture FIH […]
Whistle Techniques | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 20
#WhatUpWednesday Ep. 20 Live Jan. 6 (edited) 💡Getting Handsy with Whistles – David Hughes 💻 fhumpires.live Bring on your thoughts and comments for the show, and even call in to join the live broadcast! Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live. 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript To Follow #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires […]
AMA and Recovering From the Big Mistake | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 19
I recommend you curl up by the fire with a Bailey’s and cocoa to listen to this one! Tons of fun questions from the AMA portion about some of my best and worst umpiring experiences, and we get into serious storytime when I give advice on how to recover from the Big Mistake. Check out […]
Staying Calm Making Big Decisions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 18.2
In this segment, we go over what big decisions really are, and share tips on how to stay calm when making them. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript Keely Dunn 0:00 Completely. Okay, let’s get on to Greg’s Second. Second question. I got 15 minutes. I’m staying on this […]
The Drag Flick Above The Knee | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 18.1
Ready for some mathy-physics stuff? No? Just pretend it isn’t happening and watch as I go down a serious rabbit hole trying to puzzle out the knee-high danger rule for drag flicks. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring […]
Where Is the Spot of the Foul? | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 17
It’s another one-fer, as we work through why fouls are awarded where. Many words are spent on the danger rule, and why it’s dumb. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
To PC or Not to PC a Foot Inside the Circle | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 16
Dare us to talk for an entire hour about whether a defensive foot inside should result in a penalty corner or not? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. This was unexpectedly epic and lots of great participation from the ridiculously good-looking third-teamers out there. (Sorry for the piss-poor 720p quality of the video––my hard drive ate the download and […]
Free Hits Around the 23m | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 15.2
Effectively managing free hits you give around the 23m line requires anticipating the play and a little bit of tough love. Working off a specific scenario, we spin a wild tale of savvy players, proactive management and making sure, as always, the scales of justice remain in balance. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will […]
Stick Blocks vs. Obstructions | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 15.1
It’s not easy to distinguish between attacking stick blocks and defensive stick obstructions, but we’ve got a few tips here to help. As always, shift your focus to the defender’s stick, and practice watching tackles with this focus to train your brain to ignore the fancypants goings-on with the ball. And hey, at least you’ve […]
Advantage on Dangerously-Raised Balls | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 14.a
There’s a difference between intentionally-raised aerial passes and 5m infringements, and accidentally-dangerous deflections––and it has big ramifications for how and why we’d play advantage or no foul at all accrues. Check out the deep dive and share your thoughts in the comments. Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey […]
Free Hits Inside the 5m Dotted Line | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 14.b
It’s tough to keep up with the one area of the rule book that has changed literally every edition since 2009. Maybe earlier, but I didn’t check; I figure a decade of straight changes is enough. Here’s your guide to free hits inside the dotted line, and how similar they are to free hits everywhere […]
Aerial Philosophy | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 13
Let’s face it: players’ skill and tactical awareness of the aerial pass has progressed so quickly over the last decade that umpires have been left in the dust. It’s time to step back and step in to a new way of looking at the 5m landing area and how the way we visualize it may […]
Bringing Suspended Players Back | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 12b
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. […]
Stick Obstruction on the Swing | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 12a
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 Obstruction on Goalkeepers | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 11b
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. […]
Penalty Corners Late in the Quarter | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 11a
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 […]
Upgrades vs Cards | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 10b
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 […]
Your Colleague Misses a Big Call | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 10a
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 Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
Managing a Temperamental Game | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 9b
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 Check out when the next […]
Carding 5m Infringements on the Aerial | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 9a
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! Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey #hockey #umpire #umpiring #FIH #FIHumpires #umpirelife #hockeyumpiretips #hockeyumpiringvideos #fieldhockeyumpiringvideos #hockeyedumpiring #hockeyumpiringrules
Secrets of Advantage | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 8b
Do you have questions about when to “come back” after playing advantage? What’s “two bites at the cherry?” Get all your answers in this in-depth discussion, and let’s hear from you in the comments! This video comes goes exclusive on Oct 4th so check it out now OR sign up for the fhu3t and have […]
Working With Captains | Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 8a
How are your relationship-building skills working out with captains? Let me know in the comments! This video comes goes exclusive on Oct 4th so check it out now OR sign up for the fhu3t and have access to all the replays forever! Check out when the next #WhatUpWednesday will go live! 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 #thirdteam #fieldhockey […]
Tips & Tricks For Hockey Umpires | 3D Tackling and Confronting Crowding
7:25 Tackling 3D Skills – When Is It Legal? 35:01 Confronting Crowding and Building Management Skills Did you learn a new strategy for dealing with crowding? How about that tackling technique? Let me know in the comments! Are you looking for tips and tricks to help you become the best hockey umpire you can be? […]
Tips & Tricks For Hockey Umpires | Intentionally Raised Hits and Probable Goals | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 6
Are you looking for tips and tricks to help you become the best hockey umpire you can be? FHumpires’ #WhatUpWednesday is just the ticket. This week: 7:26 Intentionally Raised Hits Which Aren’t Dangerous 42:37 What Does a Probable Goal Mean For Penalty Strokes? Does the 75% “probability rule” make sense to you? How often do […]
Tips & Tricks For Hockey Umpires | Players Talking to Umpires and Red Cards | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 5
Are you looking for tips and tricks to help you become the best hockey umpire you can be? FHumpires’ #WhatUpWednesday is just the ticket. This week: 6:47 Encouraging Players To Talk To Umpires 31:38 Straight Red Cards What do *you* think about our discussion on the supposed differences between female and male players and communication? […]
Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | Dragging on the Penalty Stroke | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 4
This week: dragging on the penalty stroke and why clips of international matches are great learning tools for every umpire at every level.
Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 3
This week, #WUW covers dangerous and not shots at goal, why the injector is sent to the centre line on an attacking early penalty corner break, when to stop time for suspected head injuries, and how to move up to the next level.
Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 2
This week: tackling between the legs, dealing with sexism as an umpire, why do goalkeepers start on the line on the penalty stroke and so much more.
Tips & Tricks for the Hockey Umpire – #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 1
I get a lot of random questions on the socials, which I absolutely love. But if one hockey umpire has a question and can be arsed enough to send me a DM about it, maybe other umpires could benefit from the answer too?
