Monday, August 4, 2008

4 Indian Hockey Coaches go to Beijing

Few days back, it was reported that 4 coaches will be visiting Beijing to watch Olympics Hockey and there after, they will prepare their project report for the revival of the game in the country.
These 4 people are M K Kaushik, A K Bansal, Harinder Singh and A B Subbaiah.

Sometimes, I feel, if not drastically positive, but still Indian Olympics Association (IOA) is bringing about progressive changes to Indian Hockey (or shall I call it Hockey India!)
The idea to send coaches to different countries is not a new one. A lot of other countries do this and this is how they prepare their teams for major upcoming events.
After the Chile debacle, it was a much-asked question (by the Hockey intelligensia, ofcourse!) that why didn't India send anyone to Champions Trophy, Malaysia, 2007 to observe the game of Great Britian.
What India could have done long back is being implemented now. Fair enough. If not in full but in part.

The difference is that Indian coaches are not going for analyzing a particular team. They are going to observe the matches to present a report on what changes should be brought about to improve the condition of the game.

Understandable; atleast someone in power does think that there are lessons to be learnt from outside countries.
I don't think that this visit is a part of a shrewd game strategy that Europeans use but still going abroad to watch certain matches is definitely not a culture that took birth in India. So, in a way, it is a positive step that may prove to a "attitude-shift" in the years to come.

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