How to Umpire Field Hockey: Fall Edition

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How to Umpire Field Hockey

By Cristopher Maloney

Fall Edition

Table of Contents

Preface. 5

About this document 5

Who am I and why am I teaching you how to umpire?. 5

The Sport of Field Hockey. 7

The Game. 7

The History. 7

The Surface. 8

The Field and Goal Cages. 8

The Circle (The Scoring Zone) 9

Special Privileges. 12

Special Limitations. 12

Required Accoutrements. 13

Visor/Cap (NOT sunglasses) 14

The Game Through Umpire-Colored Glasses. 15

Two Umpires, One Field: How Does This Partnership Work?. 17

Field Responsibilities. 17

Partner Etiquette. 18

Avoiding Dangers. 18

Officiating. 20

Preparation. 20

Subject Matter Expertise (including Interpretations) 20

Holding Your Whistle. 21

Signaling. 22

Signals (Primary) 22

Signals (Secondary) 22

Signaling Mechanics. 23

Behavior Management Skills. 23

Carding. 23

Carding Mechanics (Coaches) 23

Carding Mechanics (Players) 24

Managing Players. 25

Managing Coaches. 26

Coach’s Knowledge. 26

Continuous Excessive Coaching. 26

Coaching Area. 27

Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Coaches and Staff) 27

Managing Parents and Fans. 27

Removing Players, Coaches, and Fans. 28

Player Removal 28

Coach Removal 28

Fan Removal 28

Positioning Skills (includes 17 helpful diagrams) 29

Starting / Restarting Play. 33

Managing Penalties. 35

Defensive Foul on a Free Hit 36

Defensive Foul on a Long Hit 36

Defensive Foul on a Penalty Corner 37

Goalkeeper Foul on a Penalty Stroke. 37

Attacker Foul on a Penalty Stroke. 37

Relationship of Location and Intent to Penalties. 37

Location. 37

Intent 37

Opportunity Lost 38

Judging Intentional and Unintentional Fouls. 38

Intentional Fouls Inside the 25-Yard Line. 39

Intentional Fouls Inside the Circle. 39

Logistics and Operations. 41

Getting Games. 41

Turning Back Games. 42

Game Day. 42

Going to the Game. 42

Warming up Together 43

Pre-Game. 43

Checking the Goals. 43

Meeting with Timekeeper and Scorekeeper 43

The Maloney Spin Test for Game Balls. 44

Checking the Athletes and Their Equipment 44

Meeting with Captains and Coaches. 45

You Make The Call and Additional Advice. 47

Obstruction. 47

Obstruction Scenarios (includes 10 helpful diagrams) 47

Danger 49

Aerials. 50

Aerial Scenarios (includes 3 illustrations). 50

Shots on Goal 51

When is a shot NOT considered dangerous?. 52

When is a shot dangerous?. 52

What is the exception?. 52

Collisions. 52

Simultaneous Whistles. 53

The Perils of Verbalizing Your Calls. 53

Maloney’s Colorful Field Hockey Rules Quiz. 54

Final Whistle (Resources) 57

UmpireHockey.com.. 57

National Federation of State High School Associations. 57

PlanetFieldHockey.com.. 57

Books of Possible Interests. 57

Handouts. 57

Field Hockey Rules 101. 58

Penalty Card Reminders. 59

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