On 16 and 17 December the 3rd Interschool Hockey League in Khunti took place. News school were crowned champion for the boys and girls league. Besides attractive hockey and some nice goals there was also a program on the side line. A meet and greet, Q&A with Sandeep Singh and our Dutch coaches, music and … Continue reading 3rd Interschool Hockey Festival Khunti
Month: December 2017
Simdega launch
The last months we and our partner organisation CInI have been working hard on extendeding our Khunti and West-Singhbhum projects to Simdega. Like Khunti and West-Singhbhum, Simdega is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand. At the beginning of December 2017 the project was launched with a festive day organised at one of the participating … Continue reading Simdega launch
Hockey project Digantar
The past couple of months our local partner and their team have worked hard to manage that the ground is smooth and ready to use. In December 2017 our Dutch coaches Ewout and Willem will visit the ground and the school it belongs to and train the local coach that One Million Hockey Legs has … Continue reading Hockey project Digantar
‘Drag-flick isn’t the only way to take penalty corner’
Floris Jan Bovelander, who played in the 80s and 90s when the straight hit was quite prevalent, is surprised with the low conversion rate from penalty corners in modern day hockey. Throughout their hour-long training session here on Monday afternoon, Spanish coach Frederic Soyez and his boys focused mainly on penalty shootouts. Some tried the … Continue reading ‘Drag-flick isn’t the only way to take penalty corner’