Englishman Darren Cheesman will take up the men’s coaching reins at Rot-Weiss Köln Hockey Club next summer.
The 37-year-old will move following two seasons with Berliner HC, his stock having previously risen in both the Hoofdklasse in the Netherlands and...
One must never stop learning. I’m sitting on a plane on my way to Santiago and taking lessons from notes I have complied from the last 12 months. It has been some of the most enjoyable of my coaching...
We speak to Simon Blanford, who runs Inside Hockey, the coaching and analysing field hockey blog
What have you learnt from your game analysis in your coaching and how has your coaching changed as a result of your analysis?
Analysis informs...
Nice to see you again. After a summer flying all over the globe and some well-earned relaxation and recuperation I’m back with all sorts of ideas, newly found knowledge, thoughts on the state of our beloved game and with...
Why Ignite the Game?
Throughout Matt Taylor’s career as a player, he has been fortunate to have been coached by some outstanding coaches. Alongside this, and Matt's own experience and knowledge, he wanted to share that in a resource platform...
The trouble with sporting folklore and legend is that you almost certainly need to win.
Stories that stand the test of time do so because they are usually reinforced by the steel of success. Compare Ben Stokes’ match-winning Ashes innings...
South African and Southgate keeper Van Loggerenberg shares his advice between the posts
Be calm, make yourself look as simple as possible
“The simple keeper is usually the better keeper. I find lots of keepers that are diving around all the...
At the start of the 2018 season, Pete Bryant was just a parent watching from the side lines as his daughter Lola embarked upon her first season playing 1st team hockey at Bromsgrove Hockey Club. Now, five years on...
“He is a detailed, meticulous coach. On the ball, on the ball.” It doesn’t take long for Arul Anthoni Selvaraj to extoll the virtues of Paul Revington, the man entrusted with lifting British men’s hockey.
“Every team he takes, he...
Hockey has done a great job of moving on from its old-fashioned 20th century rules.
What was deemed “dangerous” -- the ball being raised above the knee no matter what -- has been put by the wayside. A ball that...