Columns about hockey
These next months might prove to be crucial for the future of our sport… While the fans still celebrate (or mourn) the Netherlands taking a 3rd world cup in a row in women’s hockey… For the more engaged follower of our sport the day after was marked by the resignation of Narinder Batra as FIH […]
In a round table organised by Studio Hockey on June 20 Thierry Weil, the CEO of the FIH and Angus Kirkland, CEO of the EHF, met with representatives of the top clubs in Europe. Clubs were feeling they were not heard by their own NA’s (national associations). They feel the international calendar makes it hard […]
Sport is simple… You find a couple of friends and start playing together. If you do not have any friends you choose an individual sport. If you do have friends you like hanging out with, you get to play a teamsport. Maybe hockey? Lucky you 😉 The next step is you get bored of always […]
When last year mr. Batra got re-elected as the FIH president I wrote “We deserve better” with an open letter to the administrators of our sport. In it I wanted to make two points: The number 1 priority is getting more people to PLAY the sport, not WATCH the sport. Transparency & accountability in governing […]
Why we play hockey (or any sport) is a question that has many answers. It’s not only different because of where we live. Our “why” for playing hockey is different for many reasons. And for obvious reasons the different why’s also makes the “how we play hockey” is very different around the world. TL;DRWe are […]
With parts of the world somewhat returning to “normal” lives some of us are very happy to see the return of hockey in front of an audience. The best hockey of the world is still the game played in front of a home crowd. Wether that be the national teams playing international games in their […]
They say you always get what you deserve… Having witnessed the FIH congress last week I state: “we deserve better”! So last Saturday Narinder Batra got re-elected as president of the FIH with 63 votes vs 61 for his opponent Marc Coudron. A close race. Where some have openly questioned the addition of 3 countries […]
Coudron challenges Batra Marc Coudron launched his bid for the FIH presidency mid March 2021. For a long time it seemed Narinder Batra would run unopposed for reelection, before Coudron said he wanted a change. Which means the FIH global congress will have to make an important decision on May 22. Because, even though Coudron […]
A year ago, in November 2018, the FIH had its global congress. An event where several important decisions regarding the future of our sport were communicated. Also more or less a year ago we spoke with the “new” CEO of the FIH Thierry Weil, before the global congress on some my worries for the future […]
So it’s the middle of November. In Lausanne, Switzerland where the FIH is based first snow has arrived. But that did not stop FIH from launching a couple of press releases in recent days. Announcing some novelties following the meeting of their executive board last week. In today’s podcast & column here we will only […]
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