LAHORE, Dec 5: Dutch hockey consultant, Wouter Tazelaar has confirmed his availability to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to work with the federation as a consultant.

A PHF spokesman said Tazelaar would be reaching Pakistan on Jan 7, to take up his assignment and will stay on till Feb 19.

Tazelaar, 41, signed a two-year contract with the PHF last month to work as consultant.

He is a renowned hockey academies specialist, who has developed software to facilitate coaches and management of the academies with an emphasis to run the academies on scientific basis. The software is being used by a number of academies in Europe, South Africa and other countries.

Tazelaar, will visit all the 11 academies set up by the PHF in different cities and meet coaches to guide them how to earn maximum results.

According to the agreement, Tazelaar, who had signed a two-year contract would stay in Pakistan for 210 days per year.

He will not only help to run the academies but also train the local coaches while helping out the management of senior and junior national teams as well. He would also impart coaching training to the national women’s hockey team.