Welcome to the England Hockey umpiring pages. This section is dedicated to supporting volunteers who undertake umpiring roles…that is umpires, umpire coaches, umpires managers and assessors.
In addition, it details all umpire course information and presentations, good practice and syllabus for tutors and course organisers.
If you’re reading this page, the chances are you’re either an accredited umpire or you are interested in becoming one. Whether you are a complete beginner or have lots of experience, we hope you will find what you’re looking for here and if you don’t, then please let us know and we will try to help.
Umpiring hockey is a challenging and rewarding experience. To do it well, you need to be fit, you need to be a good ‘people manager’ and you need to be fair and honest. In addition it is important that you have good communication skills, understand the game technically and tactically and, yes, last but not least, you need to know the rules of the game.
If you think you have these qualities and would like to know more, click on any one of the many downloads linked to these pages and find out how to get involved or how to progress.
