In my sunny hometown Cascais, there is this lighthouse called Farol de Santa Marta. I have always thought of it as a beautiful and meaningful building. It literally and figuratively enlightens, shows the way, it was a reference for the those at sea but also for the ones inland. It’s tall and colourful construction exists in […]
I adore the game of indoor hockey… Who doesn’t?! But I am also convinced that is a fundamental tool to develop and promote the ‘mother’ sport field hockey at a world scale. The enthusiasm and passion about indoor hockey is currently shared by so many people around the (hockey) world that I feel […]
As you do in a 3 hours flight, I got slightly bored and decided to write some lines about current state of affairs on our beautiful sport. I know, this is not the most original topic and according to the reading stats of our website coaching or technical articles are way more popular for our […]
Watch this clip from the last European Championship final between Netherlands and Belgium: This is a personal favorite because it is very effective and enjoyable attacking play with enough tactical and technical content worth taking a deeper observation. I will try to break it down in simple stages and explain why this is such […]
First thing I notice in any player? The ‘touch’. The way a player touches and moves the ball, the control, the absorption during the receiving and the ‘right’ tension in a passing or dribbling action. Take a look at this clip: Besides being a fantastic goal from the German team, this clip has enough ‘rich’ […]
Divided by his love for both indoor and outdoor, Michael Körper is a thirsty hockey player. After getting to the top, both with Harvestehuder THC (HTHC) and Austria, Körper wants more. He hates to lose and picks up there to fight to win. Welcome to revolution number 9! Words: Tiago Marques “HTHC is the best […]
Who is Aisling D’hooghe? I’m the goalkeeper of the Belgian National Team. I’m 23 years old and I always played at Waterloo Ducks. How and when did you start playing hockey? I was 10 years old. I really wanted to do a team sports and loved football. My father was not very happy with me […]
Who is Bob de Voogd? I’m 28 years old and was born in Helmond in the Netherlands. I play club hockey for HC Oranje-Rood and I’m also part of the Dutch National team, for which I have played 89 caps. Playing hockey and having a lot of fun doing it is what I enjoy the […]
Who is Tobias Hauke? Tobias Hauke is a 29 years old Hockey player. He was born on the 11.September 1987 in Hamburg. He is playing Hockey since 1990 at the HTHC- leaved just for 2 years (2008-2010) to Cologne (Rot-Weiss Koln). Why did you decide to go for hockey? My familie is a Hockeyfamily, my […]
Today at Self Pass we proudly present the première launch of GRIPP Sports Management, the movie! Exclusively shown on our website www.self-pass.com. The story behing GRIPP Who is Bart Gielen? I am the former manager of MHC MEP (Boxtel) and MHC Oranje Zwart (Eindhoven) 1st mens team. I live and was born in Boxtel, growing […]
