**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**It’s Money time for hockey… 2017 will prove to be an important year for decisions that will change our game of hockey. Last month I wrote about the changes decided by the FIH in my blog “Sport or Entertainment“. Although we will not see all of the effects of these changes in the year to come, […]
**Estimated reading time: 7 minutes**“Panem et circenses” is the original Latin expression from back in the Roman era that will loosely translate into “Bread and Games”. It refers to politicians using diversion instead of actual accomplishments to keep the people happy. And it can ‘t be denied a lot of sports have evolved more towards fulfilling entertainment goals than […]
**Estimated reading time: 5 minutes**“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” My Dad sent me this Jim Hightower quotation via text some time ago, and it caught me at an opportune moment. Seeds of doubt had begun to sprout in my mind about the environment being created […]
**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 […]
**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 […]
**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 […]
**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 […]
**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 […]
**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 […]
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