Exciting news, we have launched the Grassroots Hockey Program in a new region! Kicking off in the district of Pune, we aim to educate through hockey in the state of Maharashtra. Fun is the key component in our programs and will help underprivileged children develop needed life skills. From 18th January 2023 more than 20 … Continue reading Maharashtra Hockey Program – Pune Launch Event
Let’s be honest, Malou simply knows more about winning and Niels a little bit more about losing. However, we are both completely aware of the fact that the sport we love, has brought us so much more than only results. It made us the people we are today. The Bovelander Foundation does amazing work in … Continue reading More than just a game
Last month, Floris Jan and I went to India on behalf of Bovelander Foundation. This was already my fifth visit to India for the foundation. We visited a few of the active projects in Jharkhand, the Tata Hockey Academy, and attended various meetings. In addition, we started a new project that will be setup in … Continue reading Working visit Modini Kakade
Before I moved to India, of course I figured out how my electrical appliances would work here and if I would need a travel adapter. There were mixed advices about travel adapters, but all the websites were unanimous that the amount of voltage would be the same as in the Netherlands. So I should be … Continue reading Wouter in India #3: Daily struggles
In the areas where the Bovelander Foundation works, we make use of the three-layer pyramids-model, which aims to have every child and every coach to be challenged at their own development level. The grassroots program is the bottom layer and is the basis of our program where hockey is used as an instrument for personal … Continue reading Grassroots level of the Hockey pyramid
In the areas where the Bovelander Foundation works, they make use of the three-layer pyramids model, which aims to have every child and every coach to be challenged at their own development level. The grassroots program is the bottom layer and is the basis of our program where hockey is used as an instrument for … Continue reading Bovelander Foundation Hockey Program: From grassroots to the top
Meet Govind Navak. He is one of our hockey coaches at the RDC (Regional Development Centre). He is coaching children who come from the tribal and rural areas. The RDC is a level above the grassroots and a level below the Academy in the pyramid-model that the Bovelander Foundation uses in their projects. In the … Continue reading RDC level of the Hockey Pyramid
Meet Sunita Kumari. She is a player at the top level of the pyramid-model: The Centre of Excellence at the Odisha Naval Tata Hockey Academy in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. At the Academy the players practice daily and they go to school. Playing at the Academy creates more opportunities for a better future, either in sports or … Continue reading Academy level of the Hockey pyramid
At the start of October, it was finally time to play a tournament again. The past two years many players of our academy were only able to practice. And even then, they were very lucky to even be able to train. Players from outside the academy didn’t had this opportunity. Because of COVID-19 there wasn’t … Continue reading Wouter in India #2 – Structure
Monday the 16th of August we organized for the third time already the Bovelander Foundation Charity Golf Day at The Duke in Nistelrode. Again, it was a great success. Fun flights, good golf, lovely weather, amazing hospitality from The Duke, nice drinks and food… But most of all, all the enthusiasm of the participants, about … Continue reading Bovelander Foundation Charity Golf Day
Good day Sir, Good day Madam. Welcome to my first blog. My name is Wouter Willems. I’m already for two months in India for the Bovelander Foundation. From now on I’ll write a blog every month about what I’m doing here, what I experience – at this moment because of COVID-19 nothing more than the … Continue reading Wouter in India#1 – Heroes
These past Olympics were for the Indian women and men hockey team a great success. The men came home with a bronze medal, but with a gold lining. And the women made it to an astonishing fourth place. In a way, timing could not be better. For a long period, India is building on their … Continue reading Historic Olympics
