Youth Hockey Development in Germany Stephan Haumann Deutscher

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

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee 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 Club Regional National Youth male/female National International 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 total 2699 1216 670 121 19 2 75 10 9 6 4827

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee 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

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Why do clubs need umpires? Saturday, 3 rd division group A: Birds vs. Tigers (umpire: Bananas) Sunday, 3 rd 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 Games to umpire (for the regional association) per season Team Birds (2 licensed umpires) Team Bananas (no licensed umpire) 5 20

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee How to become an umpire… 1 st step: Club license (compulsory for all umpires in all divisions and at all ages) - rules course at the club ~2 h (held by umpire coaches of regional association) - rules test ~ 30 mins. (indoor and outdoor; held by umpire coaches of regional association)

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee How to become an umpire… 2 nd step: Regional license - rules course - practical course (at a tournament) - rules test (indoor and outdoor) - practical test License valid for 1 year

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee How to become an umpire… 3 rd 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

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee 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

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Girls camp Report in the German hockey magazine (title story July 05)

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee How to become an umpire… 4 th 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

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Youth Development The German Youth Panel and its Youth Spokespersons (Yo. SPs)

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Why do clubs need Yo. SPs? It is common known that: - youth spokespersons are competent - Yo. SPs are fit in dealing with new media - Yo. SPs want to involve themselves in improving the club, the structures - Yo. SPs 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 Vice President ‘Youth’ Member of the Executive Board Youth Committee 2 YSPs Youth Panel Regional Association Youth Committee 1 or 2 YSPs

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Where are the Yo. SPs involved? The Youth spokespersons of the Deutscher Hockey-Bund are involved in: - tournament direction of national U 14, U 16 and U 18 finals - ‘sports-for-all’ event organization and camps

Stephan Haumann | Member of the Youth Committee Sports-for-all The Deutscher Hockey-Bund offers several sports-for-all events for club, school and local/regional representative teams (< U 18).