New Delhi, 09 January 2019: With a vision and emphasis on building a strong player base ahead of the 2021 Junior World Cup and the 2020, 2024 Olympic Games, Hockey India High Performance and Development Committee met on Monday, 7 January 2019. The meeting was attended by Chairman Dr. RP Singh and members including Olympians Harbinder Singh, B.P. Govinda and Syed Ali. Basis their discussions the Committee has recommended to reassign
The mercurial rise of some of India’s top junior hockey players under the tutelage of Harendra Singh between 2013 – 2016 when the India Colts lifted the historic Junior Men’s World Cup in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and Harendra Singh’s abilities of grooming youngsters has been the key reasons for the think-tank at Hockey India to arrive at this recommendation.
Though the year 2018 was very disappointing for the Indian Men’s Hockey Team with results not going as expected, Hockey India believes investing in the junior program which will reap long-term benefits.
In the meanwhile, Hockey India will shortly be advertising and will invite applications for the position of the Chief Coach of the Indian Men’s Hockey Team which will be returning to training camp in February 2019 for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup scheduled to commence from 23 March 2019. In the interim the team will be overseen by Hockey India High Performance Director, David John and current Analytical Coach, Chris Ciriello.
With all due respect to HI, I must say that at this crucial time, making changes to the coach will effect the team!
It’s stupid to change a coach just for the simple reason that he was doing better grooming youngsters…
Than why did you all appoint him in the first place as chief coach..
Did you not realize at that time that he was better grooming youngsters..
Now that Harry has taken stride and is doing an excellent job at MOULDING the team to play as a team together, HI suddenly decides that he’s better off grooming youngsters…
Having played the game for many years the only reason I can think off is the same Indian stupid mentality way of thinking…
Never like to see someone else to better…
That’s always the way Indians think…..
It’s high time that we Indians started to act and think GLOBAL and not act and think LOCAL!!