[Uwh-announce] Understanding the rules of the game - "Fouls video project"

[Dave Bron Hildie]

Hi All,
 
You
 may or may not be aware that there is currently underway a video 
project to produce short videos that will hopefully assist all our 
players
 (even some of the old ones who have been playing for decades!) to 
better understand some of the finer points of the rules of our game. 
These ‘educational’ videos will be aimed at players in general, but 
hopefully will also be of use in future reffing courses
 and for those who are still learning the art of reffing without having 
yet done any formal training.   There are some fouls in our sport (e.g. 
obstructions and stick infringements being classic examples) for which 
many refs find difficult to make confident
 calls, largely because of uncertainty about ‘the fine line’ between it 
being a foul or almost-a-foul.  In these videos, to be uploaded and made
 accessible through our TUHA website and TUHA Facebook,  we plan to 
explain the fouls in as simple but complete ways
 as possible. This will done through a combination of expert refs 
explaining and acting-out the fouls above water, some footage of fouls 
being acted-out in slow-mo underwater, and also examples from real game 
footage. The videos will also include demonstration
 of the relevant reffing signal for each type of foul.  We also plan to 
do one video explaining best practice for refs when there are 3 in-water
 refs and best practice for 2 in-water refs.
 
Some
 of you may have noticed Craig Proctor in the water filming games at 
various times over recent weeks. He is accumulating good examples of 
fouls
 to add to those already in-hand from other games footage. So, if you 
have been wondering why he’s been doing that, now you know.  Many thanks
 to our refs and senior players who have already been assisting Craig in
 this project, but it’s likely we’ll be tapping
 other refs and players on the shoulder to help out in the coming weeks.
 If you have skills in this type of video production and are keen to 
help out, Craig would love to hear from you.  The first of the 3-5 
minute long videos are hopefully not too far off from
 ‘release’, but there is still more out-of-water and in-water filming to
 be done.  

 
When
 we get to the stage of selecting fouls from real games as examples, 
Craig will be in touch with the players featured in the footage to make
 sure we have approval from them for the footage to be used. EVERYONE 
commits fouls at some stage, most often unintentionally in the thick of 
play. We are hoping that you will agree to any fouls captured on film to
 be used in this project, for the better understanding
 of all our players, but hopefully for the benefit of everyone out there in 
underwater hockey land who may end up watching these video resources. 
You can look upon it as us asking you to make a worthy contribution to 
our wonderful sport........ but that’s not to
 say we want you to intentionally commit fouls in games when Craig is 
filming!
 
Dave Hilder
President










                                                                                                                                                                            

 		 	   		  
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