{"id":1347,"date":"2026-02-11T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/1347\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:21:24","slug":"a-day-to-remember-belgium-stars-train-with-panposh-trainees-bhubaneswar-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/1347\/","title":{"rendered":"A day to remember: Belgium stars train with Panposh trainees | Bhubaneswar News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ABelgian players with trainees at Panposh Sports Hostel earlier this month Rourkela: Many of the Belgium players competing in the Pro League have been in India for more than seven weeks and they have got quite a fan following here in Odisha, especially for the likes of Arthur van Doren and Alexander Hendrickx, who played a pivotal role in helping Kalinga Lancers win the Hockey India League.It was evident in the crowd celebration during Belgium\u2019s win in the first game against Argentina on Tuesday.And why wouldn\u2019t they! The Belgians paid a visit to the Panposh Sports Hostel before the tournament one afternoon and spent considerable time with nearly 90 junior and sub-junior players giving them training tips and making them do drills.Speaking about the experience, Tom Boon, one of the stars of the Belgium team, said, \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to give something back. Hockey brought me so many things and when I have time, I enjoy doing this, especially in India. It was a pretty nice experience and anytime I\u2019m back here, I\u2019m happy to do it.\u201dBoon, who top scored in the HIL with 19 goals for Ranchi Royals and began the Pro League on a high with a hat-trick against Argentina, added, \u201cThey were pretty excited to have us around. I gave training only to the girls and they were very good. It was a nice moment and I hope they will keep dreaming and keep training to one day become an international player.\u201dTheir captain Arthur van Doren was more than pleased to see the facilities at the sports hostel where several Indian stars began their career.\u201cIt\u2019s good to see that they\u2019re creating a lot of discipline by making the kids train, study and live together. I think that\u2019s something really nice. You see that Odisha is one of the leading states in India to do so and I think they\u2019re doing extremely well,\u201d said van Doren.One of the youngsters present at the session, Dibit Madki, was naturally pleased with the experience. \u201cThey stuck with the basics like receiving the ball, making a spin and then passing it to the next player; dodging the defenders and playing one-vs-one,\u201d said Madki, a junior player who has been in Panposh for three years now.Not only the players but Belgium coaching staff was also there and shared inputs with the coaches at the hostel.\u201cThey told us to work on their strength, power and speed,\u201d said Kalu Charan Choudhury, a social duty officer at Panposh Sports Hostel and a coach with experience of more than 35 years having trained the likes of Birendra Lakra, Nilam Sanjeep Xess and Amit Rohidas<\/a>.Whether or not the Belgians return for longer sessions later, the visit has already left an imprint on young minds who will now dream a little bigger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belgian players with trainees at Panposh Sports Hostel earlier this month Rourkela: Many of the Belgium players competing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1378,1375,7,1372,1072,1071,1073,1074,1077,1376,1374,1377,1373,1078,1075,1076],"class_list":{"0":"post-1347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-amit-rohidas","9":"tag-arthur-van-doren","10":"tag-belgium","11":"tag-belgium-hockey-team","12":"tag-bhubaneswar-latest-news","13":"tag-bhubaneswar-news","14":"tag-bhubaneswar-news-live","15":"tag-bhubaneswar-news-today","16":"tag-hockey-india-league","17":"tag-junior-hockey-players","18":"tag-kalinga-lancers","19":"tag-odisha-sports","20":"tag-panposh-sports-hostel","21":"tag-pro-league","22":"tag-today-news-bhubaneswar","23":"tag-tom-boon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}