**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**Ze hebben er van genoten. Samen met enkele vrienden trokken onze boys dagelijks richting Antwerpen om te zweten, spelen, leren en vooral fun te hebben op een superfantastisch hockeykamp. Maanden van tevoren vastgelegd, keken ze al lang reikhalzend uit naar die week. Het was voor ons ook genieten, ’s avonds aan tafel. Uitgehongerd – dat […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The rise of the Red Lions, the national team of Belgium in men’s hockey, in the world ranking is in itself a fascinating story. It triggered me to write several short columns already: Success has many fathers (in dutch only) – Confirmation is topsport – SWOT analysis of Belgian tophockey and many more… I think one […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The World Cup has been amazing, a hockey fest with over 250.000 supporters in The Hague and 350 million viewers across the globe, so we were told… I am sure this will be so for most of the hockey fans all over the world. Two days after the final I must admit I’m still having […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**“Neither talent, nor potential wins titles” I wrote a couple of days ago when assessing the first week of the Red Lions at this World Cup. This Monday evening we learned the Red Lions came a long way but were not yet ready to take the next step, the step to the podium… There is […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**One week has gone by already at this World Cup in The Hague and because we’re almost halfway and approaching fast the decisive games of this tournament it is as good a time as any to take stock and see where we stand… Allow me to take a somewhat critical stance towards our Red Lions […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**Almost a year ago I wrote a blog “My own world ranking” just before the European Cup played in Belgium. So today I’m risking it again to make my predictions for the World Cup known beforehand and publishing my own world ranking. Two different things all together of course because the world ranking is not always […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**In 3 days time the greatest hockeyparty of 2014 will have started. Opening game at 10:30h in the morning will be Australia – Malaysia in the men’s competition in this magnificent Kyocera Stadium, redesigned to become thé hockey temple for this World Cup. Most likely we’ll see a lot of goals in this first game with […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Following from the previous post in this three part series, this blog will demonstrate how score-line effected pass direction for teams competing in the 2012 Olympics. As score-line research has typically only investigated pass location and outcome, there are no other studies that can be used for comparison. This is surprising given how important the results of […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Enkele dagen nog en dan start het feest voor de hockeyfans. Het WK hockey in het voetbalstadium van ADO Den Haag, het Kyocera Stadium, werd nogal ongelukkig ingepland, waardoor diverse Europese competities versneld afgehakkeld moesten worden. Bovendien midden in het Belgische examenseizoen… Nederlandse lezers zullen nu wellicht een wenkbrauw fronsen en zich afvragen wat het een met […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**Many quotes have been used about passing the ball instead of driblling. A few examples: `The ball never gets tired` `Nobody can be faster than the ball` `You think you are the postman delivering the mail?’ (Spanish expression) There are some teams that do a lot of running with the ball (dribbling) while others prefer a passing suportive […]
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