Five Things That New Indian Coach Needs To Fix

Australian Graham Reid set to be new coach of Indian team

Speculations are rife that Australian Graham Reid will soon take over the reigns as coach of Indian men hockey team and Hockey India has already submitted his name to Sports Authority of India for final approval.

Reid, who coached Australia to numerous victories, including World League and World Cup will be India’s third coach in two years.

With Graham Reid set to take over as coach of Indian hockey team, there is no doubt he will have his work cut out as currently Indian team has lot of issues that needs to be fixed. Indian team in last couple of years has been inconsistent and only flashes of brilliance has been seen on the field. The team which was doing well under Walsh and Oltmans has often been found wanting when it comes to business end of the tournament. Here are five things that new Indian coach needs to fix:

Hockey World Cup Quiz

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Road To Tokyo Olympics: How Can India Qualify For 2020 Olympics

Road ahead for Indian hockey

After missing out direct qualification for Tokyo Olympics through Asian Games, both Indian men and women team have a long and tedious journey ahead of them to qualify. It is not just long journey that Indian teams must worry about, FIH rankings will also play a major role in Indian teams’ quest for Olympics qualification.

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Dhyan Chand Quiz

On 113th birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, we bring you a quiz on various aspects of his life. The quiz has 10 questions and each question has just 1 correct answers.

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India 8-0 Indonesia: Talking points

Gurjit scored a hat-trick against Indonesia

Hat-trick by penalty corner expert Gurjit Kaur, two goals each by Vandana Kataria and Navneet Kaur helped India beat debutants Indonesia 8-0 in their first match of the Asian Games played at GBK Hockey Field in Jakarta. 

20-year-old Udita scored the first goal of the match in 9^th minute of the play and Vandana doubled the lead with in the 14^th minute of play. The game livened up in the second quarter of the game as Indian team went on