New Delhi, May 29 (UNI) Hockey India has decided to add more structure to the gradation of tournament officials to help improve the standards of officiating.
The Hockey India registered tournament officials which include technical delegate, umpire managers, technical officials, judges and umpires will be divided into three grades - Hockey India grade 1, Hockey India grade 2 and Hockey India grade 3.
The grading will be done out of 100, (percentage-wise) with emphasis for umpires being based on performance reports (from all domestic tournaments), fitness test results and online test results whereas for technical officials it will be based on performance reports (from all domestic tournaments) and online test results.