Hockey Development is the latest series of the Half Court Press Podcast. Here, Tao MacLeod chats to a variety of hockey personalities, including players, coaches, umpires and media types on how to develop, grow and improve the sport, as well as discuss what’s already being done well.

Scott Baird is a member of the Uddingston Hockey Club, in the west of Scotland, for whom he is now their Honorary President. He has an extensive experience in administrative roles, which has included being Director and Chair of Scottish Hockey Union Ltd. (2011 – 2019), being the Honorary President of West District Hockey and serving on the Indoor Competitions Committee (2009 – 2021) and the Outdoor Competitions Committee (2022 - Present). Scott is also a Scottish National League standard umpire. However, he has also acted as a technical official for both the European Hockey Federation (EHF) and the Federation of International Hockey (FIH). In addition to this Baird is a member of the Scottish Hockey Heritage Group, who look to share the stories of Scottish Hockey. In this episode we chat about who the Scottish Hockey Heritage Group are and what they do, umpiring in the sport of hockey, as well as the role administrators in the development of the game. 

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