Columns about hockey
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**It seems to be the mantra for FIH president Batra in all of his endeavours: overpromising and underdelivering! We’ve seen it with the HIL (or Hockey India League) which was a great event, to the credit of Batra, but it did not last and has been cancelled after merely 5 seasons. We’ve seen it with […]
**Estimated reading time: 6 minutes**Thierry Weil dropped a small bomb last November in his very first FIH congress that has gone unnoticed mostly by hockey followers and -media. Speaking about the playing surface Weil announced basically two elements: Media and hockey followers heard only the second remark and translated this into “hockey can be played on natural grass again”. […]
**Estimated reading time: 10 minutes**Sometimes you just have to kill the unicorn… before it kills you. No, do not fear… We haven’t gone off topic. We’re not doing fairytales, nor are we in the business of animal cruelty. A unicorn in this context has been defined by experts in innovation as one of these idea’s during a brainstorm session […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Once again the EHL lived up to its reputation… In Eindhoven the hockey family came together over the Easter weekend and celebrated our sport. Almost 15.000 visitors came and witnessed the best of club hockey live at the grounds of HC Oranje-Rood. Many more saw the games on their TV or online. Supporters from all […]
**Estimated reading time: 9 minutes**In 2013 the FIH gave birth to hockey’s own Frankenstein’s monster. Contrary to the monster created by dr. Frankenstein this one has a name. We call it Hockey5s. Very much parallel to the fictional character from book and movies, I’m convinced some of you will have grown to like the monster. As I’m sure the […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**Pakistan is out of the FIH Pro League! Against better judgement, I guess we were all still hoping the former giants of Asian hockey would rise again. But the game has moved on since last century. Even though the players are mostly still amateurs or semi-pro at best, even at the international top level. As […]
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute**Mike Joyce, director at The Hockey Foundation and the FIH talks to us about Hockey2024, the newest global strategy for hockey development due to launch in 2019. The strategy has been presented at the recent FIH congress and will be officially launched in January of 2019. Check out the podcast to learn more about it from one […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Let’s start by congratulating Belgium for their amazing progress resulting in a well earned silver at the Rio Games in 2016 and a first gold medal at the most recent World Cup. The secret to their success is a simple formula : a stronger domestic league + an ambitious long term plan/vision not just on […]
**Estimated reading time: 12 minutes**A couple of weeks ahead of the World Cup the FIH organised it’s bi-annual congress for all members (= nations) to discuss the state of hockey and their plans for the future. The FIH is halfway their so called 2014-2024 strategy , a.k.a. the “Hockey Revolution”. I’ve written several columns about their strategy and the […]
**Estimated reading time: 8 minutes**In the days to come all kinds of dignitaries and administrators in our game of hockey will gather in New Delhi, India for the 2018 FIH congress. Discussing the Hockey Revolution, a.k.a. the FIH strategy for 2014-2024. By now we are halfway in their documented long term strategy baptised the Hockey Revolution. But as the […]
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