Youth Hockey Development Stephan Haumann Deutscher Hockey-Bund e.V. Member of the Youth Committee in...
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Youth Hockey Development
Stephan Haumann
Deutscher Hockey-Bund e.V.
Member of the Youth Committee
in Germany
Umpire Development
Youth Umpire Development in Germany
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Structure of German Hockey
Deutscher Hockey-Bund (NA)
separated in 15 regional Hockey Associations
376 clubs
approx. 65,000 Hockey player
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Structure of umpire development
Deutscher Hockey-Bund (NA)
approx. 4,800 umpires
3 license grades:
- club umpire
- regional association umpire
- national umpire
(incl. international umpire)
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Structure of umpire development
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Clubmale/female
Regionalmale/female
National Youth
male/femaleNationalmale/female
Inter-nationalmale/female
senior 1302 410 373 55 2 1 51 7 9 6
U 25 355 165 109 11 6 0 19 3 0 0
U 21 249 152 76 11 7 0 5 0 0 0
U 18 793 489 112 44 4 1 0 0 0 0
total 2699 1216 670 121 19 2 75 10 9 6 4827
Why do clubs need umpires?
It is common known that:
- umpires are important
- umpires are compulsory for matches
- umpires are a part of the whole
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Why do clubs need umpires?
Umpires bring advantages for the club
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Why do clubs need umpires?
Saturday, 3rd division group A:
Birds vs. Tigers (umpire: Bananas)
Sunday, 3rd division group B:
Bananas vs. Pineapples (umpire: Birds)
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Why do clubs need umpires?
If a club has a licensed umpire (regional license), the club has to umpires less games than a club without a licensed umpire.
The club experiences how important umpires are and sets higher priorities on the acquisition of new, young umpires
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Team Birds(2 licensed umpires)
Team Bananas
(no licensed umpire)
Games to umpire (for the regional association) per season 5 20
How to become an umpire…
1st step:
Club license (compulsory for all umpires in all divisions and at all ages)
- rules course at the club ~2h (held by umpire coaches of regional association)- rules test ~ 30mins. (indoor and outdoor; held by umpire coaches of regional association)
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How to become an umpire…
2nd step:
Regional license- rules course- practical course (at a tournament)- rules test (indoor and outdoor)- practical test
License valid for 1 year
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How to become an umpire…
3rd step:
National youth license- rules course- practical course (at a tournament)- rules test (indoor and outdoor)- practical test- fitness test (cooper-test)- video coaching- umpiring German youth finals
report to national association about performance
License valid for 2 years
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How to become an umpire…
Special step (since 2004):
Development program for female youth umpires
- umpiring course for female umpires
- teaching body language and communication (verbal, nonverbal)
- coaching camp (weekend) for girls only
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Girls camp
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Report in the
German hockey magazine
(title story July 05)
How to become an umpire…
4th step:
National license- rules course- practical course (at a tournament)- rules test (indoor and outdoor)- practical test- fitness test (cooper-test)- video coaching- attending every years top-umpire-seminar- umpiring German first division matches
report to national association about performance
License valid for 2 years
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Youth Development
The German Youth Paneland its Youth Spokespersons (YoSPs)
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Why do clubs need YoSPs?
It is common known that:
- youth spokespersons are competent
- YoSPs are fit in dealing with new media
- YoSPs want to involve themselves in improving the club, the structures
- YoSPs are good mediators between the youth and the decisions of the adults
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
The structure of the Youth Panel in Germany
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee
Vice President ‘Youth’Member of the Executive Board
Youth Committee2 YSPs
Regional AssociationYouth Committee
1 or 2 YSPs
Regional AssociationYouth Committee
1 or 2 YSPs
Regional AssociationYouth Committee
1 or 2 YSPs
Regional AssociationYouth Committee
1 or 2 YSPs
Youth Panel
Where are the YoSPs involved?
The Youth spokespersons of the Deutscher Hockey-Bund are involved in:
- tournament direction of national U14, U16 and U18 finals
- ‘sports-for-all’ event organization and camps
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Sports-for-all
The Deutscher Hockey-Bund offers several sports-for-all events for club, school and local/regional representative teams (< U18).
Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee