Our impact
For nearly a decade (2009-2018), The Hockey Foundation put sticks in a lot of hands, mostly in India. Camps end & coaches fly home, so the real question is what stays behind once they do. Here's our answer.
- 3,000+players coached in India, most of them in learn-to-skate & learn-to-play sessions
- 40+clinics & camps in 15+ skating locations, from the Himalayas to the tropical south
- 100+Indian players, coaches & officials sent abroad for training & exchange
- 10,000+pieces of hockey equipment donated, in India & well beyond it
What THF left behind in India
Hockey in new places
THF introduced the game to new communities, with 40+ clinics & camps in 15+ skating locations, from frozen ponds in the Himalayas to India's tropical south.
Kids on skates
Volunteer coaches worked with 3,000+ players, most of them in learn-to-skate & learn-to-play sessions. Fun first, always (it's a game, after all).
Coaches who coach
The goal was always local programs that thrive without outside help, so THF coached the coaches too. It trained dozens of Indian coaches, refs & officials, and sent 100+ Indian players, coaches & officials abroad for training & exchange.
Programs that kept going
A camp is a great week. A program is a lot more. THF helped local programs find their feet and keep running, season after season.
Hockey jobs
THF always argued that hockey could mean real careers: rinks, gear, coaching, leagues. Today, coaches THF trained work in hockey, in places that had no hockey jobs before.
Boards for Leh's new arena
The 2018 Guinness World Record game needed a rink, and the rink needed boards. After the game, THF donated those boards to the new arena in Leh, which had been on-again, off-again for about a decade, and they helped get it finished. The record itself (the highest-altitude game of ice hockey, 4,361 m up) put Ladakh hockey in the spotlight too. The record game →
A vision for Team India
THF's founder, Adam Sherlip, was head coach of India's men's national team from 2009 to 2015 and helped set a vision for growing the game across the country. That stretch included India's first-ever international win (5-1 over Macau, 2012). In October 2015, Team India played its first games in North America, against the ECHL's Brampton Beast & then the Calgary Inferno. The trip brought Indian hockey new visibility, and gave its players & coaches exposure to build on. The Brampton game →
Community & friendships in Ladakh
THF worked with local schools & clubs in Ladakh, among them SECMOL (the Students' Educational & Cultural Movement of Ladakh) & the Ladakh Winter Sports Club. Off the ice, it brought books, cultural exchange & portable solar power to a remote school.
In 2018, the record game brought 100+ players from 11 countries together, 4,361 m up. The friendships & community ties built there are among the most lasting things THF did.
Changed lives at home, too
It wasn't a one-way street. THF's volunteer coaches from North America went to India to teach the game, and came home changed.
Gear around the world
10,000+ pieces of hockey equipment went to kids in India, Morocco, Turkey, Chile, Argentina, Canada, the US &, most recently, Peru. In 2018 THF also sent 11 sledge-hockey sleds to players in Metula, Israel. Around the world →
What's next?
THF's official programs in India ran from 2011 to 2018, and the gear has kept moving since. The door's open to a next chapter. Want to be part of it, or know a community that could use some gear? Get in touch.