As a young kid I never went to hockey school. There was no hockey school where I lived. Which is kind of weird, because in the Netherlands we are good at field hockey and speed skating, but ice hockey not so much. In the Netherlands we severely lack the facilities to properly teach kids hockey at a young age. Even if you have the possibility it probably means you have to travel far. Hockey schools in a more local or regional setting would greatly benefit the amount of kids that would try out this sport and in the end it will eventually increase the overall skill level of hockey as a nation. So we could possibly finally play at a higher level internationally and see more Dutch players across the bigger leagues in the world such as the NHL. But for now that's not the case and many kids will simply stick to football as that's the biggest sport here and will always be.