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
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”
Jamshedpur:Â The Naval Tata Hockey Academy was finally inaugurated on Friday 2 March 2018, eight months after it was launched in July last year. Ratan N. Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, completed the formalities in presence of Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran, Tata Steel global CEO T.V. Narendran, vice-president (corporate services) Sunil Bhaskaran and Dutch hockey … Continue reading Official launch for Naval hockey cradle
Meet & Greet with Roelant Oltmans Wow, what a chance! From 9-11 February 2018 Roelant Oltmans (ex head coach of the Indian National Mens team) visited our project in Khunti. Our local trainers from West Singhbhum, Khunti and Simdega had the opportunity to meet and greet him. Warmly welcomed, Roelant and Warner took liberty to … Continue reading Meet & Greet with Roelant Oltmans
Right To Play supports One Million Hockey Legs Right To Play supports One Million Hockey Legs with their sport and play programs. Right To Play has great experience in this field. One Million Hockey Legs uses games based on the sport and play programs of Right To Play for the physical, cognitive and social-emotional development … Continue reading Right To Play supports One Million Hockey Legs
