Features

John Inverdale on how hockey can increase the media profile of our game

Hockey Paper staff - 12 March 2014

Broadcaster and touchline dad John Inverdale seemed like the ideal person to quiz on why hockey doesn't have a higher media profile. We found him well prepared, having fielded that question hundreds of times at hockey fields around the...

Coaching

Do all hockey goalkeepers obsess over clean sheets?

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

We adore them. We treasure them. We keep them in a special place in our injection-moulded hearts. The Hockey Paper salutes a goalkeeper's clean sheets. I know. There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’. A 1-0 win is no more worthy...

Features

HIL sets a new mark

stewart - 1 December 2013

The Hockey India League (HIL) is the best thing that has happened to the game of hockey in a long time – no lover of the game would dispute this, writes Ijaz Chaudhry. The HIL was badly needed for many reasons,...

Features

Michael Absalom on working in those far hockey pavilions

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

When the Hockey India League (HIL) hit off in 2013, one fan had the best seat in the house. Michael Absalom had been offered the chance to do broadcast commentary for the league’s debut season, and he jumped at...

Features

Rules of endangerment: Is hockey moving too far and too fast with above-shoulder play?

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

Those watching English national league premier division matches this season, or international hockey over the summer, will have noticed a significant change in play – the carrying out of an action that is specifically prohibited in the Rules of...

Coaching

Ric Charlesworth, the accidental hockey coach

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

Spending a couple of hours with Ric Charlesworth in an expansive mood is a revelation. Gone is the abrupt and curt Australian coach seen in post-match interviews or scowling pitchside. In his place is a voluble, friendly man quick...

Coaching

Chrismas nutrition for hockey players: Survival tips

stewart - 1 December 2013

Christmas is a dietary nightmare, particularly if your goals include anything other than optimising your ability to watch repeats of classic television shows while falling asleep on the sofa, writes Ed Caddye. According to some (mainstream media, and therefore potentially...

Features

Does field hockey have the books it deserves?

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

Football, Nick Hornby wrote in Fever Pitch, does not have the literature it deserves, writes Richard Smyth. I’m not sure if the pre-Christmas truckloads of footy books currently being shovelled on to the Waterstones shelves – everything from My Struggle: A Striker’s...

Club

Field hockey goalie-cam captured

Hockey Paper staff - 1 December 2013

Teddington goalie Joe Morgan’s video of a 2nd XI game vs East Grinstead has gone viral on YouTube – here is how he did it. THE CAMERA Joe used a Panasonic HX A100 wearable camcorder which retails somewhere under £300. “The setup isn’t very high tech at...

Features

Hockey’s glass ceiling – only one female coach in a senior position at London 2012

Hockey Paper staff - 27 July 2012

Hockey's glass ceiling when it comes to senior coaching positions is highlighted by the fact that there is only one woman in a high-level hockey coaching role at the London 2012 Olympic Games – Great Britain assistant women's coach,...

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