Working Hockey at the olympics this year and had never seen it before so this helped a lot!

Oh man, I’ve got to call the Virginia state championships this weekend as the PA announcer. This is the first time I’ve ever seen field hockey!

This is my first time playing field hockey this year and I did not know how some rules worked so this really helped

I'm a broadcaster and I've never really broadcast Field Hockey before... this was tremendously helpful.  Thank you!!

The ball CAN hit the body as long as there is no advantage gained by the offender or disadvantaged to the other team.

During a penalty corner there is no requirement that the attackers allow the ball to come out of the circle before playing it - but they cannot score from any shot made at the goal before the ball has left the circle and then been played back in, before being propelled at the goal.

Ball-body(foot) contact is NOT an offence unless the player hit with the ball clearly intended to use the body to stop or deflect the ball or her team gain an advantage from the contact. The forcing of ball -body contact (deliberately playing the ball into the feet or legs of an opponent) is an offence, although most umpires appear not to realize this, because the stand alone Forcing Rule was deleted in 2011. At the time of the Rule deletion the FIH RC stated that the Rule was deleted "because any action of this sort can be dealt with under other Rules" - so the Rule was deleted the offence was not (a bizarre deletion).  

Obstruction is the illegal prevention of a legitimate tackle attempt, usually due to a ball shielding foul by a player in possession of the ball.

just some constructive feedback about the video from an umpire's point of view and what we are looking for as an umpire.

1:18 "wait for the sound of the stick check". Ok, you are never supposed to judge a stick check by sound, there are some factors into it such as did the player touch the ball BEFORE hitting the stick, was it a stick obstruction by the person with the ball, and more factors and it was still like that in the 2017 update.

3:00 it is not an offence to run between the person taking the ball and another player, it is only an offence if that player prevents the other player from going in and making a legitimate tackle or play at the ball

4:26 "when the ball gets injected it MUST leave the circle before you can ". that statement is false, the ball needs to go outside the circle before you can score a goal, it is not an offence to trap the ball inside the circle.

and if this gets updated id love to see something on penalty strokes and pc upgrades as they are a huge part of the game too.

You should watch Fieldhockey, you never must hear it (stick obstruction!).
But playing Hockey on a football field with its line marking  ist really irritating.

Hi Coach: I'm a fairly new fan of the sport. One thing I'm wondering is this: why wouldn't the offensive side immediately try to flick the ball onto a defender's foot/leg as soon as they enter the arc? I wouldn’t like to see the game played like that, but it seems an easy way to get a penalty corner...
Thanks for the excellent video!

Some good examples of hockey infringements. 🏑