Loïck Luypaert & Felix Denayer
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute**Below you’ll find the very first Hockey5.TV talk show with co-host Floris Geerts and guests Loïck Luypaert & Felix Denayer.
Ernst Baart
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Rio changes ranking
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Allow me to postpone my Rio review until the dust has settled and emotions are not (or less) in play. But maybe just two quick observations already before I will shortly discuss the new (FIH) ranking after the Games. First: please let’s forget the experiment of the blue pitch for future tournaments. It has no advantages […]
Sambasticks in Rio!
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Rio is getting close and Samba is in the air… Teams and coaches are gearing up to make the final selection for the Rio Olympics. Or as the FIH would say “The torch is lit for #sambasticks”. At the London Olympic park will be played the 2016 Champions Trophy. This once great tournament has been reduced […]
Dragons, de grote favoriet
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**Ik las eerder vandaag de analyse van Laurent Toussaint (Le Soir & Hockeybelgium.be) over de finale tussen Dragons en Racing die morgen en zondag zal beslissen over de titel in België. Het leek me leuk de mijne (eerder een opinie dan een analyse eerlijk gezegd) er naast te leggen… voor wat het waard is… 😉 […]
Please FIH, go for KISS!
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The FIH recently announced yet another event to the international calendar in line with their 10 year strategy for our sport. I can’t say I immediately felt they were on the right track and I think I’m not alone in this… So I took some time to look at their 10 strategy plan for our […]
Comparing the EHL & innovations to the game
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**It’s almost EHL time again, a strange tournament if you compare it for example to the Australian AHL or the Indian HIL. Inherent to our European culture it is a tournament where the best of the best want to excel, but… where we will also give opportunities to offer a taste of “the real thing” to […]
The Road to Rio: the final lap
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**In Europe the field hockey competition has restarted almost everywhere after the traditional winterbreak. To use a sports metaphore from another sport: “The Rio bound teams and players just entered the final lap before the finish”. However this final lap, as indeed the entire race, is not run on a level playing field for all concerned. Don’t […]
No Dutch, no Belgians and no Spanish international players in the HIL this year
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**The HIL is without doubt an added value in the international hockey calendar. It has proven this for 3 consecutive years and is about to embark on its 4th season… with new sponsors, new teams, new coaches… and new players. Next Monday (2016-01-18) the opening match will be played in Bhubaneswar between the local favorites […]
A more honest world ranking
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column about the world ranking as it’s being used by the FIH: “Change or kill the world ranking“. As you will have guessed I’m not a big fan of the current ranking system in use. The system currently used by the FIH takes into account invitational tournaments such […]
Bedankt Chris !
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Chris Vercammen is niet meer… Vanochtend belde mijn zoon Sander met dit slechte nieuws en na een dag vol met andere zaken, want het leven gaat zoals steeds weer door, voelde ik toch de behoefte even in de pen te kruipen. Ik schreef al eens eerder columns zoals “Succes heeft vele vaders” over de bijdrage van […]