Youth Hockey Development

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Youth Hockey Development

• in Germany

Stephan Haumann Deutscher Hockey-Bund e.V. Member
of the Youth Committee
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Umpire Development
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Youth Umpire Development in Germany

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Structure of German Hockey
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Deutscher Hockey-Bund (NA)
• ? separated in 15 regional Hockey Associations
• ? 376 clubs
• ? approx. 65,000 Hockey player

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Structure of umpire development
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Deutscher Hockey-Bund (NA)
• ? approx. 4,800 umpires
• 3 license grades
• - club umpire
• - regional association umpire
• - national umpire
• (incl. international umpire)

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Structure of umpire development
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee
Club male/female Club male/female Regional male/female Regional male/female National Youth male/female National Youth male/female National male/female National male/female Inter-national male/female Inter-national male/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
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Why do clubs need umpires?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• It is common known that
• - umpires are important
• - umpires are compulsory for matches
• - umpires are a part of the whole

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Why do clubs need umpires?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Umpires bring advantages for the club

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Why do clubs need umpires?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Saturday, 3rd division group A
• Birds vs. Tigers (umpire Bananas)
• Sunday, 3rd division group B
• Bananas vs. Pineapples (umpire Birds)

Hockey Games this weekend
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Why do clubs need umpires?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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

Team Birds(2 licensed umpires) Team Bananas (no licensed umpire)
Games to umpire (for the regional association) per season 5 20
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How to become an umpire
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• Report in the
• German hockey magazine
• (title story July 05)

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How to become an umpire
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• The German Youth Panel
• and its Youth Spokespersons (YoSPs)

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Why do clubs need YoSPs?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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

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The structure of the Youth Panel in Germany
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee
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Where are the YoSPs involved?
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• 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
Stephan Haumann Member of the Youth Committee

• The Deutscher Hockey-Bund offers several
  sports-for-all events for club, school and
  local/regional representative teams (lt U18).