De weg naar de hel is geplaveid met goede bedoelingen
Onderwerpen zijn de lange termijn strategie van de FIH, de opstart van de FIH Pro League en de beloftes van Batra als voorzitter van de FIH… Een monoloog van dik 20 minuten ongeveer 🙂
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Hockey is coming home… or is it?
**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 […]
Monologue: Hockey is coming home… or is it?
Hockey is coming home. It’s the FIH slogan for their newest event about to start in 2019 and meant to be instrumental in the Hockey Revolution, the 2014-2024 strategy for the FIH. We’re half way their 10 year plan and entering Money Time. Let’s recap where we stand today… Prefer reading to listening? Check out […]
Inside the D
**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute** Did you know the FIH started, or should I say restarted a global video magazine? They partnered up with a prestigious British video producer with lots of experience in F1 and other major sports to create a show that introduces hockey to sports fans worldwide by capturing a truly global perspective in order to build […]
Monologue: The FIH is making a mess of it…
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.
FIH is making a mess of it
**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 […]
The good, the bad and the ugly
**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 […]
An answer from Thierry Weil
**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 […]
Monologue: The end of hockey…
Monologue by Ernst Baart on the so called “end of hockey”… or at least the end of hockey as we know it. Read all about it at be-hockey.com, as well as the answer from Thierry Weil, CEO at the FIH.
The end of hockey
**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? […]