**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute** FIH Pro League did not fail. Batra failed! Or did he…? A monologue with some quotes in between based upon the opinion piece published at be-hockey.com after the first season of the FIH Pro League has come to an end… A critical take on the declaration of success by the FIH for their first edition […]
**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 […]
Monologue or should I say rant (don’t worry, it’s just a short podcast) about how the FIH made a mess of it mixing up Hockey5s and real hockey and not being clear about the future of our game of hockey… Listen to it here or read about it here on be-hockey.com.
**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: 4 minutes** The HPL or Hockey Pro League will undoubtedly have its effect on the calendar for domestic leagues or as we call this in Europe “club hockey”. But with some common sense and good will we can get a long way. The following set-up would seem the most logical choice according to me: week 1-10 : […]
**Estimated reading time: 5 minutes** I was already working on another opinion piece on this website about where I think some of the priorities should be for those who govern our sport of hockey. But then I got taken by surprise, as most of you I’m sure, by the next episode in this soap opera Hockey India is putting on… […]
**Estimated reading time: 4 minutes** FIH launched the Hockey Revolution some time ago and in recent blogs we talked about several of it’s components already. Last Monday we decided to talk directly to the new CEO of FIH, Jason McCracken and a president of one of the European federations, Marc Coudron from Belgium about this hockey revolution. Hockey5.TV is our […]
**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** Met uitzondering van de Champions Trophy in Melbourne coverde ik de voorbije vier jaar alle toernooien van de Red Lions. Vanop de eerste rij had ik het voorrecht om getuige te zijn van het schitterende hockeyjaar 2013, het tegenvallende wereldkampioenschap, de ontnuchterende wake-up call genaamd EK2015 en de laatste bemoedigende rechte lijn onder leiding van […]
**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 […]
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