Officiating Forum
Sky City Convention Centre
May 2010
Craig Gribble
Hockey NZ Umpire Development Manager
Best Practice Initiative
Identification of 2 issues:
Lack of quality umpires emerging at national
level
Insufficient female umpires officiating in
hockey
Attracting junior umpires into the
sport
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Commitment to having junior umpires
officiating at junior age group tournaments
Domestic tournament v age of
officials
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U13
U15
U18
U21
14 - 16 year old officials
16 - 18 years
19 - 21 years
20 - 25 years
• In 2009, over 250 umpires between the ages of 14 and
21, umpired at national tournaments
Attracting female officials
• For all Hockey NZ flagship tournaments from U13
through to the National Hockey League the umpire
appointments are gender specific
Additional considerations
• There needs to be adequate support, coaching,
assessment and reporting to validate the process
• Together with the 250 umpires, were 40+ technical
delegates and umpire managers
• An entry point is needed for ‘late bloomers’
• Eg Championship tournaments, school
tournaments and masters
Success stories
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Its not coincidence that trained officials end up
‘head boy or girl.’
Officiating teaches:
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Time management
Interpersonal skills
Communication
Conflict management
Confidence
Motivation
Amber Church - Poverty Bay
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U13
U15
U18
U18
U18
U18
Pacific Cup Fiji
U21
NHL
South American Champs
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International grading 2010???
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