**Estimated reading time: 5 minutes**Met de regelmaat van de klok flakkert opnieuw de onzinnige discussie op over het beperken van buitenlanders bij onze hockeyclubs… Sommige van de commentaren kan je direct klasseren onder de noemer xenofoob en dus niets om verder woorden aan vuil te maken via dit medium, maar vaak is het ook gewoon het napraten van one-liners […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The European Hockey League, so it seems, is once again at some kind of cross roads. This years edition, like all others before, was once again played in The Netherlands. At Bloemendaal, the legendary club of players like Floris-Jan Bovelander and Teun de Nooijer. But also one of those clubs thriving on good old fashioned […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes**Tomorrow, the 22nd of January 2015, marks the start of the third edition of the Hero Hockey India League! A lot has been said and written about this special competition already… The idea behind this initiative of the Indian Hockey Federation was to boost the sport in their great country. Although Indian media and hockey […]
**Estimated reading time: 6 minutes**Europese hockeybonden zijn voor zichzelf al enige tijd aan het brainstormen over een mogelijke nieuwe competitieopzet. Doel is een en ander beter aan te laten sluiten bij internationale verplichtingen, de sport op de olympische kalender houden en de toekomst van de sport verzekeren. Wij zijn terecht trots op het innovatieve karakter van onze hockeysport waar men […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The Hero Hockey India League will start its third season in a couple of weeks. But its auction and the decision of players to join or not has been and is a topic of discussion long before the first whistle is blown. At least in both hockey countries I am most familiar with, The Netherlands […]
**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 […]
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