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Will we have dry artificial turf by Paris 2024?

Studio.HockeyJun 05, 2019

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31:18

Marcos Hofmann - a candidate for president of the EHF

Interview with Marcos Hofmann about his candidacy for the position of EHF president. The interview with the other candidate Peter Elders can be found on here as well. Also check out the opinion piece from both interviews in our columns at https://studiohockey.com/columns/the-choice-between-a-diplomat-or-entrepreneur-for-ehf/

Jul 12, 202301:19:31

Peter Elders - a candidate for president of the EHF

Interview with Peter Elders about his candidacy for the position of EHF president. The interview with the other candidate Marcos Hofmann can be found on here as well. Also check out the opinion piece from both interviews in our columns at https://studiohockey.com/columns/the-choice-between-a-diplomat-or-entrepreneur-for-ehf/

Jul 12, 202335:30

Dry artificial grass for hockey - panel talk

Following the assignment of the new world cup for 2026 to both the Netherlands and Belgium, the FIH decided this event would be the first for non-irrigated fields. Much to the surprise (again) of most involved. When we talked to players, coaches, high performance directors and other relevant experts most were and are very sceptical. I think all of us agree it is the way forward. Water is a scarce resource and we need to find a solution. But if the timeline for this is a unilateral decision made by administrators, without involving relevant stakeholders, we imagine it could be problematic. So we invited some experts for an open and transparent panel talk about the move towards dry artificial grass for hockey.

In February of 2023 these experts joined me in a panel talk about the move towards a non-irrigated surface for hockey. Listen to the podcast here or watch it on Spotify or Youtube where you’ll find the full and unedited video of this panel talk. Our panel featured the following experts:

Jeroen Hertzberger 🇳🇱, international player
Adam Commens 🇦🇺 🇧🇪, former international player & coach – now high performance director for Hockey Belgium
Stephen Butler 🇮🇪, former international player & co-founder Osaka (stick & shoe brand)
Colin Young 🇬🇧, global R&D director for Tencate Grass
Alastair Cox 🇬🇧, Facilities & Quality Programme Manager for the FIH

Listen (or watch) it here and judge for yourself...

Apr 06, 202301:12:60

World Cup 2023 - Panel Talk 4: Thomas Briels, Sander Baart, Miki Delas & Tobi Walter

The fourth and final panel talk for the 2023 world cup was hosted on January 29, just before the medal games and featured Thomas Briels (BEL), Sander Baart (NED), Miki Delas (ESP) & Tobi Walter (GER)

Jan 29, 202349:58

World Cup 2023 - Panel Talk 3: Danny Kerry, Jeroen Baart, Ben Bishop & Jude Menezes

The third panel talk from January 27, just before the semi finals featured Jeroen Baart 🇧🇪, Danny Kerry 🇬🇧, Ben Bishop 🇦🇺 & Jude Menezes 🇳🇿

Jan 27, 202351:51

World Cup 2023 - Panel Talk 2: Xavier Reckinger & Agus Corradini

The second panel talk from January 21 following all poule games featured Xavier Reckinger 🇧🇪 & Agus Corradini 🇦🇷

Jan 21, 202357:04

World Cup 2023 - Panel Talk 1: Mo Fürste, Mark Knowles, Bob de Voogd & Judith Vandermeiren

The first panel talk from January 15 featured Mark Knowles 🇦🇺, Mo Fürste 🇩🇪, Bob de Voogd 🇳🇱 & Judith Vandermeiren 🇧🇪

Jan 15, 202301:02:18

Women's World Cup Panel Talk

Video from our panel talk hosted by thehockeysite.com during the Women's World Cup hockey. Guest coaches on the panel were: Lucas Judge, Tsoanelo Pholo and Nacho Bergner. Hosted by Ernst Baart.
Recorded live on July 15, 2022.

Jul 15, 202201:04:21

Indoor Hockey Huddle for the FIH Academy

As the FIH Academy continues to make the most of online opportunities, the next exciting webinar aimed at hockey development across the globe focuses in on the game of indoor hockey.

Despite the cancellation of the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup due to the on-going pandemic, the Indoor Hockey Huddle is going full steam ahead.

Long recognised as both a thrilling format of the game and a place where real skill development can happen, indoor hockey is going from strength to strength in many parts of the world.

Among the many examples of indoor hockey initiatives are the Pro Series Indoor Hockey Franchise (PSI) in South Africa; Indoor Hockey UK in England; the massively popular Indoor Hockey Championships in the USA; and the club scene in European countries, with Complutense HC in Spain yet another European club that is developing the indoor game alongside its outdoor counterpart.

The Indoor Hockey Huddle gives a chance for participants to tune in and listen to an online debate featuring speakers from all of these examples. Moderated by journalist and founder of The Hockey Site Ernst Baart, the talk will provide both information and inspiration for anyone seeking to develop their own Indoor Hockey offering, whether in a school, club, state or national setting.

It is not just participation which will be at the focus of this discussion. The panelists, guided by Baart, will also examine how the sport, which is renowned for its atmospheric indoor conditions and vocal crowds, can make the most of its appeal to spectators.

Joining Baart will be Ross Willis, who is currently working with Hockey Ireland on its national indoor programme. Willis is an expert in developing the indoor game as he is tournament manager of PSI South Africa. This is a programme of tournaments, clinics and coaching sessions that has brought indoor hockey to more than 25,000 hockey players across South Africa.

Madeline Hoeppner is Director of Events at USA Field Hockey, where the annual National Indoor Tournament has age group competitions ranging from under 10 through to senior and masters players.

William Davey is operations director of Indoor Hockey UK, which is tapping into the appetite for indoor hockey at club and school level in the UK, and Nacho Usoz is Head Coach to the first team at Complutense HC in Madrid, where indoor hockey is developing alongside its outdoor counterpart.

Whatever your level of interest in this fast and exciting game, the webinar will provide ideas, inspiration and a heap of practical measures to introduce or develop indoor hockey in your own environment.

The video podcast is available at Spotify

Feb 16, 202201:35:07

Year Of The Youth Huddle #8

The FIH Academy in association with the EHF Youth Panel & thehockeysite.com the Year Of The Youth Huddle. A day of online talks with top players, coaches, umpires and leaders in support of the global youth hockey community. Recorded live on September 21, 2021. The day was split in 8 different sessions...

Sep 21, 202145:24

Mar 24, 202047:22

Siegfried Aikman & his Samurai

Siegfried Aikman is an experienced Dutch coach with family roots in Suriname and India and for some years now the head coach for the Japanese men or Samurai. Now who says hockey isn't a global sport? ;) We spoke for an hour about hockey, about coaching, Japan, the FIH Pro League and of course about the Games in Tokyo Episode 37 was recorded on 2020-02-23 & published on 2020-03-05 by OSMpodcasts.com. Host : Ernst Baart Podcast: Studio Hockey

Mar 05, 202059:59

Talking Tokyo with Adam Dixon and Austin Smith

Talking Tokyo is our 6-part podcast series ahead of Tokyo 2020 by Studio Hockey. We take 1 player from each team and match him up with an opponent from the opening game at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games will start on July 24th. That's why from now on every month on the 24th we'll publish a new episode for Talking Tokyo.

In our first episode we have met up with Adam Dixon from Great Britain and Austin Smith from South Africa talking about their road to Tokyo.

Adam Dixon, aged 33, captains the GB squad. Originally from Beeston he also played a year at Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse before returning to Beeston in England. He played 3 World Cups and Tokyo will be his 2nd Olympic Games.

Austin Smith is a defender, aged 34, who made his debut for South Africa when he was just 18. After a couple of years at Reading in England he now plays his club hockey for Den Bosch in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He played 3 World Cups between 2010 and 2018 and Tokyo will be his 3rd Olympic Games.

Episode 1 was recorded at 2020-02-21 and published at 2020-02-24.
Host: Ernst Baart
Podcast: Talking Tokyo by Studio Hockey
Produced by: OSMpodcasts.com

Feb 24, 202055:27

Colin Batch & Shane McLeod about the FIH Pro League & Tokyo

Colin Batch, coach of Australia & Shane McLeod, coach of Belgium are the guests in this podcast. The coaches of the current first and second team in the world ranking. The finalists of last years maiden edition of the FIH Pro League and the two biggest favourites for gold in Tokyo. With the FIH Pro League, season 2, starting this weekend we thought it was nice to talk with these topcoaches about the FIH Pro League and obviously about the number one priority for all this year: Tokyo! Of course these two teams will also be each others first opponent in the new FIH Pro League when they meet twice in Sydney next week. Shane McLeod had to rush back to his hotel after a training with the Red Lions, currently in Sydney, so he joins in a little bit later in the podcast after some 10 minutes or so. Episode 35 was recorded on 2020-01-13 & published on 2020-01-17 by OSMpodcasts.com. Host : Ernst Baart Podcast: Studio Hockey

Jan 17, 202044:14

10 questions for the FIH

A year ago, in November 2018, the FIH had its global congress. An event where several important decisions regarding the future of our sport were communicated. Also more or less a year ago we spoke with the "new" CEO of the FIH Thierry Weil, before the global congress on some my worries for the future of our sport. Following the global congress a year ago we had a talk with Mike Joyce, director of development for the FIH about the Hockey2024 plan that was about to launch. So today, more or less a year down the road, with the end of 2019 in sight, we thought it would be good to have another talk with these two administrators from FIH about the plans launched in 2018 and what has been accomplished since then in 2019 or will be in 2020. We defined 10 topics to discuss with them: FIH Pro LeagueFIH QualifiersTokyo 2020A dry artificial pitchThe FIH.live platformHockey2024Growing hockeyLA 2028One short format of hockeyDo all stakeholders have a voice? Please note this column is not an exact transcript (far from it) of the podcast. I do recommend both reading the full column as well as listening the full podcast... ;) FIH Pro League 2019 has been the year of the launch of the FIH Pro League more than anything else probably. At least in terms of visibility on a global scale. FIH felt it was very important to give a boost to the promotion of hockey around the world. When they spoke to broadcasters their major issue with our sport was the lack of a fixed calendar, a time of year when broadcasters were assured of enough international games to schedule in their programming. So the wish from broadcasters for a more consistent hockey calendar has been fulfilled. The major learning from this first year of the FIH Pro League has been the home & away games in the current schedule were too much of a stress on the health of players. So the 2nd year will see an important change with double home games for some opponents this year followed by double away games for the same the next year. This means travel is cut in half which is not only better for our environmental footprint but especially will be less of a strain on player health. Feedback from coaches and players, according to Weil, was very positive. But obviously some changes were needed going into year two. The change of schedule for player welfare but also a change in the production of these events for TV. More uniformity in showing a recognisable format of the game on TV. Another issue in year 1 has been the lack of supporters in the stands in some countries. A fact Weil blames on the short preparation time between the final green light and the first Pro League games. Not allowing enough time for some good marketing of these events to draw in the crowds. This time however there is enough time for the marketeers in each country to work on a good ticketing plan and promotion of their home games. For example in Germany this time the marketing agency that was in charge for the very successful indoor world cup will make sure the German hockey supporters will not miss out on their home games again, according to Weil. Financially it's clear this first year has been an investment. A much needed investment in the promotion of hockey. But another equally important goal is to create revenue and profit for the FIH to use for the development of hockey around the world. Because in order to grow hockey, more money is needed. So obviously a business plan for this event at some point in time will need to show profits to be able to do more for growing our game of hockey. Though Weil states he would also be happy with a break even and more promotion of our sport, the business plan by the FIH assumes a profit will be generated to help develop hockey as of 2022 or 2023 at the latest. Still, even if I consider myself a big fan of top international hockey & the FIH Pro League... I will be curious to see a full evaluation by 2023-2024 to see how much money not only the FIH has invested i

Dec 25, 201901:17:24

Jon Wyatt about qualifying pathways & a new global ranking

So it's the middle of November. In Lausanne, Switzerland where the FIH is based first snow has arrived. But that did not stop FIH from launching a couple of press releases in recent days. Announcing some novelties following the meeting of their executive board last week. In today's podcast & column here we will only be addressing two of these. So the first ever world cup to be held in two different countries will not be on today's agenda. Nor the controversial choice for Bhubaneswar for the men's world cup, meaning 3 out the most recent 4 world cups would be hosted by India. The choice to start a world cup for Hockey5s by 2023, a possibly fatal choice for our 11v11 game of hockey, will also have to wait for another time. As will the launch of the FIH Intercontinental Cup, basically the 2nd division for the FIH Pro League. We will discuss these choices in separate podcasts & columns in the near future… However today we will limit ourselves to less controversial though important changes: first we will discuss the new system for our global ranking to be launched in January of 2020. Secondly we will talk about the road to Bhubaneswar and future world cups. Wether these will all be hosted in India is for some other time. Who better to talk us through the new global ranking and the new pathway to qualify for a world cup then Jon Wyatt, sports & development director for the FIH… We spoke with him before when the idea of a new global ranking was first announced in March (listen here), but now we're close to the launch. Why we need a new global ranking As Wyatt explains the current global ranking is based upon tournaments, where the new ranking will be match-based. Since most nations only got to participate in FIH tournaments when qualified, some only got to play for points once or twice every 4 years. Because only some 20% of all official matches played in the international scene were being played in ranking tournaments. So 80% of the games being played did not have any contribution to the world ranking. That is a problem. Because most nations would have to show to their government or the sports funding bodies in their country some kind of progress to be considered for support. If you hardly ever get to play for world ranking points that becomes a difficult task. So this was one of the more important reasons to rethink the global ranking. But it's not the only reason. In the previous ranking most everybody will agree there was too much subjectivity, especially in the relative importance given to different continental championships. This led to a flawed ranking. A match-based system will to a certain extent eliminate this subjectivity. Because it will now focus on the relative strength of the two teams playing a game instead of trying to figure out and compare the strength of entire continents. Besides this, the new ranking will be more simple and dynamic... making it easier to create some extra buzz about individual international games of any level. Because the immediate impact of a win or loss will be easy for all to see. How & when The new ranking system will take effect from 2020-01-01 onwards. However FIH has chosen to make the change more gradually. So as not to throw everybody off balance from the get go... Even though the position of the FIH is high performance directors of the nations should not focus on this global ranking, but rather on performing well at key moments such as the Olympics and the World Cup. It is clear an immediate change of the ranking, recalculating the results of the last 4 years for example, would not be fair on those who made their choices in those days based upon the old system. That is why the points for each country in the global ranking on January 1st will be exactly the same as today. But for every game played from that day on the new calculation per match will take effect. Hence for the new system to take full effect it might take some time. It wil

Nov 16, 201932:33

#EHCdaily 12 : The one with Marijke Fleuren – “Together we are better!”

The one with Marijke Fleuren, president of EHF and executive board member at the FIH. Within these organisations but also within IOC she is known to be the champion for #EquallyAmazing and all matters related to gender balance in sports. Because "together we are better"!

Every day during the European Championships we published a new podcast before 8am about #EHC2019 ! In this 12th and last episode - a week after the last whistle more or less - we talked hockey, European Championships and gender balance because “together we are better” with Marijke Fleuren.
This will be our last podcast in this series. We hope you enjoyed them all… and rest assured we will come back later with not only season 2 of the Belgian Hockey Podcast (Dutch language only) but also several new episodes of Studio Hockey (in English) about the international game.
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-25
Published : 2019-08-31
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 31, 201929:08

#EHCdaily 11 – The one with the marketeers behind our sport

The one with the marketeers behind our sport... Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about #EHC2019 ! In our 11th episode we talked hockey, business and "doing things together" with Bob Verbeeck, CEO Golazo - a renowned expert in making sure sports and sports events are able to reach their audience - and the organisation behind this European Championship.
Our second guest in this episode is Tom van Kuyk, manager sponsoring for the Dutch Rabobank, probably the most loyal partner for our game of hockey around the world.
This will be our last podcast in this series. Well... kind off. We will do one more somewhat related to this event which will probably go online in a week or so. We hope you enjoyed them all… and rest assured we will come back later with not only season 2 of the Belgian Hockey Podcast (Dutch language only) but also several new episodes of Studio Hockey (in English) about the international game.
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-25
Published : 2019-08-26
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 26, 201933:27

#EHCdaily 10 – The one with Adam Commens

The one with Adam Commens. But before we hear from the technical director of the Belgian hockey federation, listen to the post final comments by Red Lions captain Thomas Briels and his team mate Alexander Hendrickx. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 10th episode we spoke at length to Adam Commens, technical director in charge of the amazing rise of Belgian hockey.
Join us also tomorrow for our last podcast in this series. We hope you enjoyed them all… and rest assured we will come back later with not only season 2 of the Belgian Hockey Podcast (Dutch language only) but also several new episodes of Studio Hockey (in English) about the international game.
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-24
Published : 2019-08-25
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 25, 201927:10

#EHCdaily 9 – The one with Michelle, Lidewij and Nike

The one with Michelle, Lidewij and Nike. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 9th episode we spoke to Michelle Struijk from Belgium, Lidewij Welten from the Netherlands and Nike Lorenz from Germany.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-23
Published : 2019-08-24
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 24, 201913:43

#EHCdaily 8 – The one with Adam Dixon and the happy Belgians

The one with Adam Dixon and the happy Belgians. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 8th episode we first spoke with Adam Dixon, captain for England following their victory over Ireland. Following this is Simon Gougnard from the Belgian Red Lions after their epic win versus Germany and some short Belgian soundbites with Shane McLeod, Florent van Aubel, Antoine Kina and Alexander Hendrickx.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-22
Published : 2019-08-23
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 23, 201913:49

#EHCdaily 7 – The one with the striker, the coach/columnist and the defender

The one with the striker, the coach/columnist and the defender. Tom Boon from Belgium, Todd Williams - an Aussie coaching and writing in the UK and Dutch defender Margot van Geffen. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 7th episode we first spoke with Todd Williams about hockey in the UK and about choices & consequences... Tom Boon talked about the pathway of Belgium, his hockey family and future challenges. Margot van Geffen was very happy they finally registered a win and resumed the road to gold and Tokyo with the Dutch women. Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy… — Host : Ernst Baart Recorded : 2019-08-21 Published : 2019-08-22 Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 22, 201928:06

#EHCdaily 6 – The one with Mats Grambusch, Kenny Bain & Marc Salles

The one with Mats Grambusch, Kenny Bain & Marc Salles. A German, a Scot and a Spaniard walk into a bar and... No it's not a joke. It's the 6th episode of the EHCdaily ;) Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 6th episode we host German captain Mats Grambusch after beating the Irish, Scotsman Kenny Bain who was happy to play the David v Goliath game with the Netherlands and Marc Salles who made the semi finals with his Spanish team. Their last time playing for the EC medals was 2009, so he was very happy :) Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy… — Host : Ernst Baart Recorded : 2019-08-20 Published : 2019-08-21 Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 21, 201917:49

#EHCdaily 5 – The one with not one… but two legends

The one with not one... but two legends. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 5th episode we host two legends of the game because there is no other description worthy of both Taco van den Honert and Jamie Dwyer. Discussing the differences between today's hockey and the game from when they started playing and all things hockey.
Plus we added a bonus post-game reaction by Alexander Hendrickx after his game with the Red Lions vs England.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-19
Published : 2019-08-20
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 20, 201926:40

#EHCdaily 4 – The one with Shane McLeod and Maddie Hinch

The one with Shane McLeod and Maddie Hinch. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 4th episode we spoke with Shane McLeod, coach for the Belgian men and Maddie Hinch, goalie for the English women. McLeod was recorded before the start of the tournament and we discussed the goals for this European Championship, but also the challenges of managing a team with so many peak moments in a year. Hinch was recorded immediately following her opening game in Antwerp where she won 2-1 vs Ireland, so we discussed her game and how she became a goalie... As a bonus we added the post game reaction by Mink van der Weerden after his Dutch won 3-2 against the Germans.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-15 + 18
Published : 2019-08-19
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 19, 201922:34

#EHCdaily 3 – The one with Xavier Reckinger and Thomas Briels

The one with Xavier Reckinger and Thomas Briels. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 3rd episode we spoke with Xavier Reckinger, coach for the German women, Die Danas and Thomas Briels, captain of the Belgian Red Lions.
Both talk about their expectations for this event. With Briels describing his love for the game but also what he would change. And Reckinger about the differences of coaching in the Netherlands or Belgium vs in Germany.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-17
Published : 2019-08-18
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 18, 201917:21

#EHCdaily 2 – The one with David Harte & Abi Raye

The one with David Harte and Abi Raye. Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our 2nd episode we spoke with David Harte, the goalie for the Irish men's team. Unfortunately he's injured and will not be playing. Our 2nd guest however will feature on the pitch as well. Starting by singing a capella her new anthem in front of +7000 people (and many more glued to their screens). Abigail Raye used to play for Canada, but now she's Belgian and making her debut for the Red Panthers at this EC.
Join us also tomorrow for yet another podcast. Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy…
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-15 + 16
Published : 2019-08-17
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 17, 201921:42

#EHCdaily 1 – The one with Marc Coudron… and Miki Delàs

The one with Marc Coudron... and Miki Delàs! Every day during the European Championships we will publish a new podcast before 8am about the day ahead at #EHC2019 ! In our first episode we spoke with Marc Coudron, the president of the Belgian hockey federation and as such the host for this EC. We talked about the rise of Belgian hockey. About gender balance. About what would make this tournament a succes. And of course about the opening game tonight between Belgium (the Red Lions) and Spain (the Red Sticks). So it was only fair to also give the Spanish captain Miki Delàs some time in this first of a series of daily podcasts... Every day a new episode until the champions are known! We hope you enjoy...
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Host : Ernst Baart
Recorded : 2019-08-15 in Antwerp
Published : 2019-08-16
Part of : #EHCdaily

Aug 16, 201925:60

FIH Pro League did not fail. Batra failed! Or did he…?

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 of the Pro League... and my opinion on the reasons why... Don't agree or want to add your own opinion to this, click here. Or find me twitter, facebook or instagram.

Recorded at 2019-07-11 for Studio Hockey.

Jul 11, 201916:46

Overpromising and underdelivering

It seems to be the mantra for FIH president Batra in all of his endeavours: overpromising and underdelivering! We’ve seen it with the HIL and the FIH Pro League.

And it’s the same for FIH.live so it seems. The platform and app were announced during his FIH congress in November 2018 and launched in January of 2019.

As you can read in my column following the announcement of FIH.live entitled “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” I was enthusiastic though somewhat sceptical from the start. Today we’re 6 months down the road and we have not seen any added value from the new platform yet. So I guess I was right in being sceptical, but maybe that’s just me…

Listen to our podcast or read on at be-hockey.com... In case you would like to watch the video from the presentation at the FIH congress about FIH.live click here.

Recorded in November 2018 and June 2019 for Studio Hockey.

Jun 11, 201929:60