**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 […]
**Estimated reading time: 10 minutes** Hockey is coming home. It’s the appealing (even when slightly overused) slogan for the newest event by the FIH. But is it really? The FIH Pro League will start in January 2019 and is meant to be instrumental in the long-term strategy by the FIH. They named their plans for the future the Hockey Revolution […]
**Estimated reading time: 5 minutes** Rumour has it the FIH will organise football (!) ⚽️ tournaments in certain parts of the world and have the winners of these football matches qualify for the Olympic hockey ? tournament. Because you know… certain parts of the world don’t have a strong hockey tradition just yet. And it would be soooo unfair to […]
**Estimated reading time: 8 minutes** The year 2018 is a World Cup year for hockey! The women’s world cup is done and dusted by now and the men’s is just around the corner. We’ll make some time for a more thorough evaluation of the women’s world cup when the dust has settled and we’ve had time to discuss it with […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** Last week I published some thoughts that struck a chord in the world of hockey. My piece on “The end of hockey” got lots of reactions, support and feedback. Some in public, some in private. Some from hockey people, some from media and some from (FIH) administrators in our game of hockey. Including feedback from […]
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