Columns & Podcasts about field hockey
The Hockey Revolution
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**FIH launched the Hockey Revolution some time ago and in recent blogs we talked about several of it’s components already. Last Monday we decided to talk directly to the new CEO of FIH, Jason McCracken and a president of one of the European federations, Marc Coudron from Belgium about this hockey revolution. Hockey5.TV is our […]
Jason McCracken & Marc Coudron : the future of hockey
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute**A very special edition for Hockey5.TV aired live on 2017-03-27. Instead of top players we had a talk with two top administrators for our game of hockey. Jason McCracken is the newly appointed CEO of the FIH, the international hockey federation. Marc Coudron is the president of the Belgian federation and board member at the […]
To change or not to change, that is the question
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**So the battle has begun… the first of European federation presidents to speak publicly about the changes to the FIH calendar was Marc Coudron from Belgium. Yesterday he expressed in the Belgian newspaper La Libre some interesting statements. Fight Firstly, there is a “fight” within FIH between those who defend our European “club” hockey and those who could […]
Adapt or Die
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**The Hockey Revolution has begun! And because I consider myself a typical product of European hockey culture I’m torn between tradition and innovation. Afraid to see our beloved traditional club culture diminish and at the same time excited to see new possibilities for the game I love. But… as Julius Caesar would say “Alea iacta […]