Clearly and concisely, Aleisha Neumann talks us through this attacker obstruction call she made in one of the 2019 Olympic Qualifier matches between China and Belgium. She also identifies what she did to make this decision easier and how she sells her decision which in this situation. With a stadium full of Chinese supporters and […]
Switching to the UM Role | Soledad Iparraguirre | Hockey Umpiring Skills| #UmpireAtHome #TBT
After 20 years as a top international umpire it can be a hard jump over the line to being an umpire manager. This is made even more difficult when you’re coaching umpires you were on the field with less than a year ago, and Soledad talks about how this came up during her first appointment […]
Recovering Your Positioning – David Tomlinson | Hockey Umpiring Skills | #UmpireAtHome #TBT
Getting caught on a fast break happens to every umpire, and it doesn’t get easier at the top level where the players are inhumanly quick. It’s all about the recovery, and when you hope you can phone a friend when a tough question comes up!
Penalty Corner Positioning | Michelle Joubert | Hockey Umpiring Skills| #UmpireAtHome #TBT
Thomas Briels leads us through a penalty stroke called against his own team in this #TBT clip. Adding to the insight, Raghu Prasad asks Briels live whether he would have expected Prasad to give a card along with the team penalty. Find out what he thinks!
Sharing a Pint with an Umpire | Simon Mason | #UmpireAtHome #TBT
Sharing a beer is the universal language for “let’s be friends,” so Simon Mason’s advice to players at the end of the game is to take a pint and go chat with the umpires. If you spend just a little time trying to learn from them, and even—GASP!—getting to know them, rather than standing around […]
Hockey Umpiring Skills | Gut Instinct vs. Visual Evidence in VR | Ayanna McClean
How often have you heard someone say “well, the trajectory of that ball means it must have been a back stick,” or “it didn’t sound like the ball hit a stick so it must have been a foot”? This logic doesn’t work in the video referral box. Ayanna McClean tells us in this #UmpireAtHome #TBT […]
Hockey Umpiring Skills | How 5m Rules Can Create Tactical Advantages | Adam Commens
Smart players use the rules to their advantage; special players take advantage of their smarts in the big moments. In this #TBT #UmpireAtHome, Adam Commens leads us through the genius of Victor Wegnez in the semi-final of the Eurohockey Championships, who used a fake inside the 23m to create an incredible goal. He notes how […]
Hockey Umpiring Skills | PC Positioning & Vision | Adam Kearns
When you let Adam Kearns talk you learn a bundle. In this clip, he talks about his personal penalty corner positioning and why it works for him, what he learnt at the last World Cup from UM Minka Woolley about men’s and women’s vision, and then onto interacting with players on a PC. This is […]