NEW DELHI: After successfully implementing the landmark Hockey India Coaches Education Pathway that benefitted scores of aspiring coaches in the country, the national sports federation has now launched a holistic Hockey India Match Officials Education and Development Plan to empower aspiring Umpires and Technical Officials, a media release said.
Hockey India, through this initiative, aims to develop and educate the Umpires and Technical Officials currently officiating at the district and state level tournaments. The educational plan will provide these officials with an opportunity to progress and be inducted into the Hockey India officiating system will enable them to officiate in Hockey India sanctioned Sub Junior and Junior Level Zonal National Championships initially and also equip them to be included in the Hockey India potential list, the release said.
On Tuesday, Hockey India notified its Member Units to nominate their registered Umpires and Technical Officials through the Hockey India Member Unit Portal. As part of the development process, the nominated candidates will be further selected by Hockey India as per their eligibility and will be attending the Hockey India Umpires & Technical Officials workshops scheduled in the month of July 2023. The course will be held in five zones namely in New Delhi, Pune, Andhra Pradesh, Jamshedpur and North East. The venue for the North East zone will be revealed later.
To ensure equal representation by women, the Federation has asked its members to nominate a maximum of 6 Technical Officials and Umpires each out of which 3 must be female and 3 male. Altogether a maximum of 12 nominations are requested from the Member Units, the release added.
