52 You could say the video referral gave us the winning goal JAAP STOCKMANN currently, shoot outs rather than the oldstyle penalty shots are decisive. This gives a player – dribbling from the 23-meter line – exactly eight seconds to score. Jaap Stockmann: “The last two seasons I was eliminated with Bloemendaal via shoot-outs. What’s more, those two times we were unable to make even one shot. With penalty shots goalkeepers stand a better chance. In the past a goalie had to gamble to which corner the opponent would aim or trust on his responses; now you can use a strategy and show initiative by coming out of the goal. It varies how far out of the goal you come. Otherwise, the offense will know exactly what you are up to. Just recently we were practicing all this in training. This was necessary because I wanted to improve my shoot-out abilities.” “One less man at the defensive penalty corner is not such a big deal” MATT TAYLOR Matt Taylor: “It has really become much nicer. The scoring percentage used to be very high with penalty shots. With the shoot outs, you draw the goalie into the game much more. James Fair, the goalie for England and Cannock, for example, is very profi cient at this. He is very adroit at quickly leaving the goal line and moves skillfully in front of the goal.” Christian Blasch: “I have mixed feelings about this rule change. Over the past few years I have seen my share of critical situations, where the offense player and the goalie came into serious contact with each other during a shoot-out. With penalty strokes everything that is happening is one hundred percent clear. Now, that is certainly not always the case. The arbitrator’s interpretation has therefore become very important. Furthermore: when you are on the fi eld those eight seconds seem to last longer than they actually do. There is even the possibility of a rebound shot with a score. Thankfully, besides me there is also a competition offi cial who keeps an eye on the eightsecond time span. You really need that extra man as an arbitrator.” If a team doesn’t agree with the decisions of the arbitrator they are allowed to protest a maximum of three times during the game. In this case the video arbitrator views the TV footage to determine whether the decisions made are valid. Jaap Stockmann: “Although the game stands still for two minutes in the case of a ‘video referral’ the advantages are greater than the disadvantages. Now, after the end of the game there are no more annoyances about time lost due to a referee’s faulty decision. This makes for much less discussion. During the EHL fi nal in 2009 which was won by Bloemendaal, we received a penalty corner thanks to the video umpire, that previously would not have been granted. Pagina 51
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