Hockey Umpiring
For All Umpires Looking to Improve Their Performance
Jane Nockolds & Sports Resources
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Description
Hockey Umpiring is a book for all hockey umpires - for those who are young or new to hockey umpiring through to those who are measured as close to reaching their potential.
The aim of Hockey Umpiring is to provide umpires with advice, guidance and a variety of valuable facts and tips all of which when considered together will lead to better performance and greater enjoyment. Much of the content has been gathered from umpires, coaches, players and managers operating at all levels of the sport - from local club hockey to the FIH World Panel.
In the pages that follow we will consider the Rules, the necessity for full understanding of the play, tactical awareness, the skills of the umpire, the need for good communication, physical and mental fitness and the language of the umpire, including body language and how to speak through your whistle. We will look at areas that sometimes cause confusion, the importance of developing confidence and coping with conflict.
Hockey is changing. It is getting ever faster. The skills are less mechanical; the variation of pass and technique so competently executed on the international stage are now in 2012, commonly demonstrated at junior, college and club level.
It is a growing sport. The worldwide audience created through increasing levels of television exposure and the development of web-based viewing has contributed immensely to the development of the game. There is less whistle, more flow, less interference, more management, less boredom, more excitement for the audience and the participants…and the umpires have a genuinely big role to play.
Written by Jane Nockolds
FIH Umpires Manager and Coach
World Panel Hockey Umpire (retired)
©Jane Nockolds and Sports Resources 2013
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- $11.99
- Level: Grades 10-17
- Category: Sports & Outdoors
- Published: Apr 12, 2013
- Publisher: Sports Resources Ltd
- Seller: Sports Resources Limited
- Print Length: 59 Pages
- Language: English
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