📅 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 […]
Red Card in Gold Medal Game, 3D Skills, 5m Infringements | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 135
📅 Apr 29 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’ve got…a red card in a gold medal game? Also, check out this shot at goal from a 3D skills that defies the definitions in the Rules of Hockey, and a tricky sequence of 5m decisions. Also, we announce our Black Friday deals so come through to find out why […]
Playing the Ball Intentionally Off the End Line Like You’ve Never Seen Before… | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 134
📅 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 […]
What Does An Umpire Error Mean, Team Returns Late After Halftime, Dealing with Dissent | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 133
📅 Oct 25 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube We’ll discuss how social media uses umpires for engagement farming, and how umpires pile on to the problem. There’s the dilemma of a team returning very late to the pitch after halftime, and we’ll talk strategies for players demonstrating their dissent through body language. We might talk about rule change […]
Sliding Tackles? Dangerous Shots at Goal, Intentional Aerial Infringements | Live Q&A #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 131
📅 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 […]
#TheDebrief: Mike MacDowell
📅 20230928 Umpire Notes: 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript 20230928 Debrief Mike MacDowell [00:00:00] Mike MacDowell – Pitch: Long. [00:00:12] James Rollins: Good there, 55. Gone five. [00:00:24] Mike MacDowell – Pitch: Right on the edge. [00:00:25] Keely: And who are you umpiring with? Mike? [00:00:27] Mike MacDowell: James Rollins. [00:00:39] Mike MacDowell – Pitch: No. [00:01:00] […]
Tough Tackles and Ask Me Anything | Field Hockey Umpiring | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 130
📅 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 […]
#TheDebrief: Joran van den Bosse
📅 20230925 Umpire Notes: Q1:0:20: Late whistle for the free hit for no 5 metres at aerial (I missed it, my colleague made the call). Then played the ball after the whistle, without an intervention from us. Throughout the opening phase I struggled with positioning when I could stay more central without interfering with the […]