Umpire’s voice in danger of losing out to player-centric hockey

Hockey is in danger of having an overly player-centric sport, writes our umpire columnist Andy Mair

I was fortunate enough to be working with the umpires at the Premier Division indoors this season. One of the main things to come out of the matches on the first weekend (apart from the inevitable ‘drilling’ education) was the noise level of the play.