**Estimated reading time: 2 minutes** Twice a year the world of hockey turns to the EHL, the Euro Hockey League, celebrating the best of club hockey. Some will tell you when EHL replaced regular European club championships it was the upgrade in the way the game was presented that made a difference. Some will tell you the innovation in rules […] The post Celebrating club hockey appeared first on Studio.Hockey ..read more

**Estimated reading time: < 1 minute** During the EHL of October 2023 in Barcelona I met up with Marcos Hofmann, newly elected president of EuroHockey. The interview with the title “You can not live in a permanent revolution” is published in the magazine from Hockey World News, episode 28, which was published today. It can be found here: https://studio.hockey/HWN28 Marcos Hofmann […] The post Marcos Hofmann: “You can not live in a permanent revolution” appeared first on Studio.Hockey ..read more

**Estimated reading time: 6 minutes** In November 2018 Thierry Weil, the then newly appointed CEO of the FIH, surprised the world of hockey. He announced the Games of Paris 2024 would be played on a surface that did not need any water. His main message was hockey can be played on any surface. A message I support with all of […] The post Dry artificial grass? appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

Today the administrators from 126 hockey countries (14 could not even be bothered) around the world voted in Tayyab Ikram as president of the FIH. As predicted… The reason is simple. The FIH has 140 members (= countries with national associations or NA). Each NA has 1 vote in the elections. Regardless if you represent an […] The post As predicted! Now what? appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

Ahead of the very important FIH congress on November 4 & 5 of 2022 we brought together a couple of hockey people from around the world, from different walks of life and with different roles in our game of hockey. The idea was to ask them the same questions I asked the two candidates for […] The post Food for thought from our global round table appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

A coach panel organised by thehockeysite.com about the FIH women’s world cup featured Lucas Judge (AUS / NED), Nacho Bergner (ARG) and Tsoanelo Pholo (RSA) on July 15, the day before the semifinals. Obviously the talk is coaches talking hockey among each other and is meant for an audience of coaches. But if you’re a […] The post Coaches share their opinions on the World Cup appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

On November 5 a battle between very different philosophies in our sport will be decided for the next few years, maybe decades. In short the difference can be summed up as “play for pay” vs “pay to play” or also “grow the fan base first” vs “grow the player base first” Two very different candidates […] The post A clash of cultures appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

These next months might prove to be crucial for the future of our sport… While the fans still celebrate (or mourn) the Netherlands taking a 3rd world cup in a row in women’s hockey… For the more engaged follower of our sport the day after was marked by the resignation of Narinder Batra as FIH […] The post FIH elections in November appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

Sport is simple… You find a couple of friends and start playing together. If you do not have any friends you choose an individual sport. If you do have friends you like hanging out with, you get to play a teamsport. Maybe hockey? Lucky you ? The next step is you get bored of always […] The post Let’s keep it simple appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more

Floris Geerts bespreekt een bewogen week op Dragons met Sebastiaan Geers en Bozz Willaert. Wat zijn de kansen van de club uit Brasschaat met nog drie speeldagen te gaan om zich weer te plaatsen voor de fel begeerde play off plekjes. Daarnaast vanzelfsprekend de stand van zaken in de ere divisie bij zowel de heren […] The post Sebastiaan Geers & Bozz Willaert appeared first on Studio Hockey ..read more