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If you were umpiring this game, would you have called it a goal? Is it legal to score this way?

January 21, 2020May 6, 2020 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments EHL, umpire, umpiring, videos

This situation happened during a EHL game between AHTC and Atletic Terrassa. This is a penalty corner for the Spanish

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Field hockey umpiring: What is dangerous play?

January 17, 2020May 6, 2020 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments umpire, umpiring

This is another video produced by the FIH for the series of “How to hockey”. In this case, the focus of

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What’s the call?: 5 metres danger or PC again?

September 30, 2017 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments umpire, umpiring

Let’s play “What’s the call”. This happened during a game for the Metropolitan League in Argentina, where a drag flick hit

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Offensive obstruction on the penalty corner while doing a deflection?

September 30, 2017 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments argentina, umpire, umpiring, USA

This clip shows you a penalty corner goal that went to the referral and ended up being turned in favour

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How big is a hockey pitch? Hockey dimensions for outdoor hockey

January 8, 2017October 6, 2018 By Pablo Mendoza hockey, how-big-is-a-hockey-pitch, rules, umpire

How big is a hockey pitch? In this article we provide the answer to this question and we hope to be

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There is something very odd about this penalty stroke…

October 20, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza umpire, umpiring, USA, videos

What do you think about this penalty stroke where the shooter lost her balance? Another look at Sam Swenson's penalty

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This umpire had no doubts on calling a stroke on this play!

October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments hockey, how to, umpire, umpiring

FieldHockeyRef shared this play on Youtube where we can see a penalty corner defence by the team of Kampong, which ends

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Offensive obstruction example: “shielding the ball from a legitimate tackle with any part of the body”

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza how to, umpire, umpiring

FIH 9.12 rule says: Players must not obstruct an opponent who is attempting to play the ball. Players obstruct if

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You won’t believe how this player reacts when the umpire does not call a penalty corner!

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments umpire, umpiring

This situation happened during the 2016 Copa del Rey final match between Real Polo Club de Barcelona and Egara. This game

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One really violent sliding tackle! OUCH!

January 19, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments argentina, pain, umpire

Take a look at this sliding tackle that clearly cost this player a card. This action happened during a match

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What a goalkeeper can do and cannot do when she goes down?

January 8, 2016 By Pablo Mendoza 0 Comments Goalkeepers, umpire, umpiring

This video explains what a goalkeeper can do and cannot do when she goes down to defend the ball and

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