📅 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 […]
Active Goalkeepers, Recovering Mid-Game, and EHCO Trophy! | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 142
📅 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: […]
Men’s Junior World Cup Wrap-Up and Happy Holidays! | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 141
📅 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 […]
#TheDebrief: Simon Milford
📅 Umpire Notes: 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript 20231215 Debrief | Simon Milford [00:00:00] Simon Milford: You might know my colleague actually, it’s this time, it’s um, Vanda Fenn, if you know her back from National League days. [00:00:12] Keely: I [00:00:20] Simon Milford: think her daughter made a FIH at some level or other, and has […]
New Video Umpire Protocols at the Junior World Cups! | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 140
📅 Dec 13 19.00 GMT➡️ YouTube New Video Umpire Protocols came into effect starting at the Women’s Junior World Cup, and have applied at Men’s Junior World Cup and the first mini-tournament of the new season of the FIH Pro League. What a time to be alive, says every rules nerd ever! We’re going to break […]
#TheDebrief: Luke Dawkin
Umpire Notes: 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript 20231211 Debrief | Luke Dawkin [00:00:00] That’s why I have to have the share still going. Blah, [00:00:03] blah, blah, blah, blah. [00:00:06] What game is this, Luke? So this is between two of the local sides. This is, uh, I think Sefton 2s and Mossley Hill 1s. This is […]
Women’s Junior World Cup – All The Clips | #WhatUpWednesday Ep. 139
📅 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 […]
#TheDebrief: Anwar Yusef
Umpire Notes 🟢🟡🔴 🏑 Transcript [00:00:00] You can see from the direction of the shadows, I’m looking right into the sun, so that’s good for the camera, but [00:00:10] yeah, you [00:00:11] know, you know what the problem with this is that I won’t get the. [00:00:18] Who are these two teams, [00:00:19] Anwar? Uh, […]