Hockey 5s: een spel dat overal ter wereld gespeeld kan worden 

Am a big fan of this format especially for the lower level teams. In Malaysia, inter schools hockey is practically a declining tournament. Very few out of thousands Malaysian schools have hockey teams. (And we don't have clubs system) With the flexibility of this format (especially in choices of surface) this can be used to generate schools hockey interest again.

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Why would hockey 5s replace 11 a side? Did indoor soccer replace soccer? Of course not. Both games will be played. Just in areas struggling for players 5s would be a better option. And perhaps it could get enough people playing to field 11 a side games. I can imagine 5 a side being a summer competition with less running and shorter games. While 11 a side is reserved for winter. Both should be played at the Olympics.

As a social version or a Paralympic version, i get it. BUT in reply to the comment of 5s wouldn’t replace 11s in football. Of course not, but football wouldn’t be using 11s players in a 5s format. Football is self sufficient. Hockey is too reliant on Olympic funding, so proving a format that is being suggested and encouraged as an Olympic version is seriously dangerous to the 11s game. (Do not believe the FIH, when they say it’s not being considered for the Olympics. If the IOC said 5s or no hockey the FIH would sell their soul without question). When indoor is a far more suitable version for the Olympics anyway. We as a sport can’t even keep a winter window open for indoor yet the FIH want to add another format in an already complex and overloaded schedule. Speaking to smaller nations, they have a very small budget so it puts them into a position to choose between formats. In simple terms, 5s doesn’t offer any solutions to the issue of 11s (requirement for Astro). A far more practical solution is to use indoor as a show piece version to attract a newer modern Audience, is far cheaper to run as indoor can be played on concrete (basketball courts) surface making it the cheapest and most accessible format, while being different enough to not threaten 11s. More international formats does not grow the pie, it gives us all smaller slices.

Dat dit ‘werkelijk overal’ gespeeld kan worden is echt complete onzin. Plekken waar ‘in de modder’ of op een ‘pollenveld’ moet worden gehockeyd hebben ze echt geen balken en hockeydoels staan. Daar blijft men gewoon lekker voetballen dat blijft veel toegankelijker