**Estimated reading time: 7 minutes** The end of hockey is getting near… Or at least the end of hockey as we know it. It’s unlike me to be a pessimist, especially when it comes to hockey. A sport I love and I’ve seen grow exponentially in my “backyard” of the Netherlands and Belgium. So why be negative you might ask? […]
**Estimated reading time: 7 minutes** This weekend the last Champions Trophy ever (read more about this here) will get underway. The Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy (hashtag #HCT2018 for social media) opens wil the ever so special India vs Pakistan. Probably the most talked about rivalry in our game of hockey. India vs Pakistan Once great nations in the world of […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** It’s like saying goodbye to a dear old friend… OK, maybe that’s just a bit too much drama. But it will mark the end of an era in the world of hockey when the city of Breda, in the south of the Netherlands, hosts the last ever Champions Trophy starting this Saturday 2018-06-22, with a […]
**Estimated reading time: 8 minutes** A lot is happening lately behind the scenes for international hockey, so it seems. The FIH announced the “game changing” Hockey Pro League, starting in 2019 for example. Today marks the birthday for the Hockey Series, a new event replacing the Hockey World League. Always want to know who is playing when in the world of […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** The topic of conversation over the EHL weekend was without a doubt their test with the goal scoring rules this year. We’ll get back to our #onegoalisonegoal hashtag , but first… I’ve said it many times and will keep on saying it. We’re very lucky in western Europe to be able to enjoy both top […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes** A lot of things are going wrong in international hockey these days. Argentina sees two major players taking a break from international hockey because of bad management in their federation. Dutch hoofdklasse clubs sound the alarm towards their own national federation, who seems not willing to change the competition format of the renowned Dutch “hoofdklasse” […]
**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes** Australia seems to have a thing for playing hockey with 9 players instead of 11. Can’t say I’m a big fan of these experiments. IMHO we’ve got two formats of the game : 11v11 and 6v6 or indoor hockey. These should do… The traditionalists will favour the 11v11 game. This is the Olympic sport we […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** It’s been a couple of months now since the new Hockey Pro League or HPL has been announced to start the revolution of hockey around the world. Not without certain upsets following it, as is to be expected from any change that wants to start a revolution. Today still, the new event has no sponsors […]
**Estimated reading time: 7 minutes** KISS is the way forward for hockey in my opinion. And of course KISS is is the acronym for Keep It Simple Stupid. Because it’s my opinion also we’ve been making things way too complicated these last years… Let me explain. In a previous post (To Batra or not Batra… that is the question) I […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** KISS is the way forward for hockey in my opinion. And of course KISS is is the acronym for Keep It Simple Stupid. Because it’s my opinion also we’ve been making things way too complicated these last years… Let me explain. First the boring stuff about the management of our game on federation level and […]
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