TravellingOne of the things that no longer surprises me is the way of travelling in India. And although is does no longer surprise me, it definitely does surprise the people in the Netherlands when I tell them about travelling in India. Therefore I will use this month’s blog to write about it. Just like in … Continue reading BLOG #4 Incredible Hockey India
In October 2019 we organized for the first time that two projects came together, since the start of the foundation. A delegation from Amritsar and Jalandhar, Punjab (Navjeevan team) traveled together with the coaches and trainers by train to Khunti, Jharkhand. A long trip of 1.758 km. It was the first time for the boys … Continue reading Navjeevan team visits RDC Khunti and Simdega
India is a country of great contradictions. When I was still in the Netherlands and told people that I would go to India and work here for a year, people always had an opinion. And all responses more or less had the same message: Wow, super cool challenge and nice job, but India??? It’s really … Continue reading BLOG #3 Incredible Hockey India
One gets used to everything, even to India … After almost two months in India, I start getting used to everything. Even the things that I mentioned in my previous blog, like cows on the road and wrong-way driving. As long as you don’t worry about it, you can get used to it. Hadn’t I … Continue reading BLOG #2 Incredible Hockey India
The elite hockey academy has been opened as part of the three-pronged Tata Odisha Hockey Programme, a joint initiative of Tata Steel, Tata Trusts and Government of Odisha to nurture sports talent in the State, which is already being hailed as a cradle for the sport.” Wij zijn ongekend trots dat op 13 Augustus 2019, … Continue reading NTHA Odisha is gestart!
For everything is a first time in life. The first time writing a blog, the first time being a Technical Director at a hockey academy, the first time travelling to and living in India, the first time really being part of a different culture and the first time finding out that India is quite dirty … Continue reading BLOG #1 Incredible Hockey India
Dutch legend Floris Jan Bovelander says instead of firing coaches frequently, Indian hockey system must ensure consistent structure for youth to excel Coach Harendra Singh with members of the Indian hockey team during last year’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Dutch hockey legend Floris Jan Bovelander’s comments are as sharp as his lethal drag flicks … Continue reading Dutch hockey legend Floris Jan Bovelander comments on Harendra Singh’s sacking
ONE MILLION HOCKEY LEGS (1MHL) Mahindra partners with the Bovelander Hockey Academy to support the 1MHL campaign To promote Hockey in India, the Government of India and the Government of Dutch initiated the 1MHL Program that intends to provide hockey training to ‘one million’ children in India. The program is anchored by the Bovelander Hockey … Continue reading Memorable Mahindra school hockey tournament Nashik
From 21-24 August the Jamshedpur Open Invitational Hockey Tournament was held. Our NTHA (Naval Tata Hockey Academy) boys won their first ever tournament.
In July over 450 children, boys and girls, started playing hockey in 12 governmental schools; a new school hockey project in Nashik, Maharashtra, was launched by One Million Hockey Legs in cooperation with Mahindra. The project was launched in the first week of July 2018 with a coaching course for 12 local trainers. Each trainer … Continue reading Mahindra Rise starts schoolhockey project in Nashik
This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between Rotary District 3190 and One Million Hockey Legs (1MHL), Netherlands / Bovelander Hockey Academy (BHA). 1MHL is a project, based on a MoU on sports development between the Dutch and Indian Government. The project is aiming to give grassroots hockey an impulse in quality and quantity and … Continue reading One Million Hockey Legs and Rotary District 3190 sign MoU
We are very proud of our coach Ewout Pahud de Mortagnes! “I am very proud to announce that my photo is selected for the Run for Art World 2017 photo contest. With 40 other finalists I will be part of the exhibition on April in New York, at United Nations Headquarters. The theme of the … Continue reading “Happy Faces”
