Here are details about each of the episodes offered in the course:

Episode 1 : The Game (two sessions for a total of 45 minutes): Broad overview of the sport; field size and markings; number of umpires, number of players in the game; length of game; player equipment; game equipment and placement; basic responsibilities of umpires, players, coaches, and fans; rules regarding whether a ball is inside or outside the field of play and/or scoring zone

Episode 2 : Umpiring (five sessions for a total of 83 minutes): Broad overview and specifics about umpiring; umpire certifications; presenting yourself professionally; required equipment; game preparation including warming up and site inspection; how the field is divided between umpires; how to whistle; positioning (general play and during penalty corners and penalty strokes); whistling; signals (primary, secondary, and administrative); signaling mechanics; adding flair to your signaling

Episode 3 : Playing Rules (seven sessions for a total of 136 minutes): Broad overview of playing rules; understanding the relative importance of certain areas of the pitch; assessing play for danger (including multiple videos, the “jumping jack space” illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian man); legal and illegal use of the stick and hands; details regarding the obstruction rule (body obstruction, stick obstruction, and third-party/shadow obstruction); details regarding the goalkeeper (their equipment special privileges, and restrictions); details about common breaches (stick over opponent’s head, hitting the ball into the air when not shooting on goal, and edge hitting hard on the forehand side); help in judging 5 yards/5 meters; plays governed by the free hit rule and from various locations on the competition surface including those requiring indirect circle entry; managing encroachment and the “poke the yolk” metaphor

Episode 4 : Penalty Plays (two sessions for a total of 61 minutes): Details governing penalty corners and penalty strokes including breaches that warrant penalty corners and those that are worthy of penalty strokes (including multiple videos); umpire positioning; signaling; special substitution governance

Episode 5 : Management (four sessions for a total of 51 minutes): Meeting with captains (importance, proper positions taken up by umpires, process for conducting the meeting); injuries; dealing with appealing, dissent, and emotions (players, coaches, fans, and umpires); personal penalties (cards and suspensions); carding mechanics (how to give a card)

Episode 6 : Indoor Hockey (two sessions for a total of 38 minutes): Special focus on differences between indoor hockey and field hockey including those of pitch/court size, rules differences, penalty corner differences, Indirect Circle Entry differences, warning card differences, goalkeeping differences including goalkeeper substitutions, and special umpiring considerations