Blake Govers: The Future Of The Kookaburras, some of his best goals!
Blake Govers, #13 jersey of the Kookaburras Hockey team made his international debut in 2015 when he was only 18 years old. He was born in Wollongong, plays as a forward and was selected as the FIH Best Junior Player and Top Scorer at the 2015 World League Semi Final. Blake Govers was part of the Australia team that won the 2015 World League in India and the 2015 Oceania Cup in New Zealand.
He played for the Wimbledon team at the England League in 2014 and 2015 where they became champions with 5 of his goals in the final against East Grinstead. He is the younger brother of another Kookaburra, the forward Kieran Govers. He also plays for New South Wales’ Waratahs at the Australian Hockey League. He plays with a JDH Stick with the following specifications: 37.5″ lenght, 520 grams of weight with an extra low bow.
Take a look at some of Blake Govers best goals so far:
He stated that watching his older brother Kieran play for the Kookaburras, gave him the right mindset to achieve his spot at the team. Rio 2016 is first Olympic Game, hopefully, the first one of many! If you would like to watch the 5 goals that he scored at the English final of 2015, you should click here. Blake Govers is also one of the youngest yet most powerful and accurate drag flickers in the world, in this video, he explains how to execute the drag flick with his own technique.
Most recently, Blake Govers was part of the team that won the 2016 Champions Trophy in London where he scored 2 goals. If you want to follow and stay tuned with all his latest news, you can follow Blake on Twitter: @goversblake. Whether you support the Kookaburras or not, Blake Govers is a player to watch and one of the most promising players in the world!
