**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 […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**Some two years ago I wrote a first blog (My own world ranking) about my reservations with the way the current FIH global ranking is set up. This week week we were offered the newest release of still the same old ranking by the FIH. No real big surprises, as usual… but I still have some […]
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute**Watch the replay of our second Coach Talk hosted by Floris Geerts, TV commentator for Play Sports in Belgium and Ernst Baart from Hockey5.TV. Blabbing with the coaches from the national men’s team from Belgium, a.k.a. the Red Lions: Shane McLeod & Philippe Goldberg. We call it blabbing, because we host this LIVE show at a new […]
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute**Watch the replay of the very first Coach Talk hosted by Silas Moss from Australia and Ernst Baart from the Netherlands and Belgium… Over an hour of blabbing with some the world’s best coaches in the game: Adam Commens & Max Caldas. We call it blabbing, because we host this LIVE show at a new media […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**Those making decisions for players, teams, clubs, nations, continental and global hockey should always be searching for the balance between your own & everybody’s interests + short term & long term goals. The eternal balance between short term & long term goals is the “easy” one… Meaning most people have had to deal with it […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**Being a father to a player of the Dutch national team you can imagine I had a good weekend out in London. A year ago,after the WC, I wrote “Silver sucks“. This gold is great! However, it’s but a stepping stone to the ultimate goal… Gold in Rio! At least that is just my take […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**This Friday the Unibet Eurohockey Championships (hashtag #UEHC2015 or #EHC2015 to follow it using twitter and instagram) take off at the Queen Elisabeth Olympic Park in London. For those lucky enough to have witnessed the last Olympic Games it has the added bonus of a trip back down memory lane being played in the iconic […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes**Remember the kickstarter project we talked about some 2 years ago? Click here for that article… Well the guys from The Field Hockey Game thought it was time to talk about their progress so far… I am sure over the years nearly every single person reading this piece has played a console sports game. Most […]
**Estimated reading time: 5 minutes**The #RoadtoRio seems to be the hashtag of this summer in the world of hockey. Seven nations have qualified, five to go! The Road to Rio has, above all, lots and lots of tournaments along the way… The IOC prefers for international federations to offer at least two qualification options for taking part in the Games. So […]
**Estimated reading time: 3 minutes**The FIH has been quite busy these last years implementing lots of new rules, new competitions and even new sports. In Buenos Aires the first of two legs of the third round of the Hockey World League finished yesterday. In Antwerp the second leg of this new tournament will start next weekend. I am a […]
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