Far From Pitch Perfect
Ask any Indian Hockey fan why there was 41 years between their hockey team winning an Olympic medal and the chances are most will tell you that the switch from a grass pitch to an artificial surface was a huge
Was This Really In The Spirit of Competition?
Why do we watch sport? Why do we watch the Olympic Games? The reason we watch sport may be completely different to the reason we play, and the reasons one person watches may well be very different to the reasons
Sacrifice or Choice?
In any aspect of life if you want something, you undoubtedly have to make sacrifices. Ask anyone who has had success in politics, business, music, the arts, or sport and they will all be able to share something that they
The Price of Conceding Late
Penalties have been around in a number of sports almost since the first rules were formalised. While penalties to decide the outcome of drawn fixtures have been in place for almost half a century in most sports. The penalty in
Protecting the Integrity of Matches
At the start of 2017 football great Marco van Basten was advocating that FIFA look at adopting many of the rules of field hockey to improve the game as a spectacle. Yet maybe it is time that Hockey looked at
