NEW DELHI: Males’s hockey staff captain Harmanpreet Singh on Saturday admitted India must concentrate on conceding fewer targets from the touchline and create extra scoring alternatives within the placing circle if they’re to be prepared for the upcoming challenges, together with the Asian Video games.
India returned residence from their current European outing with a blended bag of leads to the FIH Professional League, with the staff successful 4 of the eight matches it performed over two weeks.
India misplaced 1-2 and received 5-1 in opposition to Belgium, whereas they misplaced 2-Four and received 4-4 (4-2) within the shootout in opposition to Nice Britain. Within the double-header in opposition to Argentina, India received 3-Zero and 2-1, whereas the staff misplaced 1-Four and 2-Three to the Netherlands.
“There have been a variety of takeaways from the matches in Europe. We conceded targets from the touchline and that must be fastened. There may be additionally work to be executed on changing the probabilities we create within the ‘D’.
“Whereas taking part in prime European groups is all the time a superb studying expertise, we are going to now concentrate on bringing our greatest sport to the fore in opposition to prime Asian sides within the Asian Champions Trophy and Asian Video games,” stated the captain in a launch.
India completed their marketing campaign as provisional desk toppers with 30 factors from 16 Professional League matches.
This was additionally the staff’s first outing below new chief coach Craig Fulton, who changed Australian tactician Graham Reid.
“Craig brings a variety of positivity into the staff and he’s very clear in his ideas and expectations on how we should play as a staff.
“In these matches (in Europe), the main focus was extra on executing a disciplined construction in our sport, with emphasis on defending effectively,” added Harmanpreet.
The Indian staff is presently on a break, and can begin getting ready for the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) as soon as the coaching camp resumes.
The ACT will likely be held in Chennai from August Three to 12 whereas the Asian Video games are slated to be held in Hangzhou, China in September-October.
Talking concerning the Professional League outing in London and the Netherlands respectively, Harmanpreet stated, “Total, I feel it was a superb outing. Taking part in away video games in opposition to prime sides is all the time difficult and I feel we lived as much as the billing.”
India returned residence from their current European outing with a blended bag of leads to the FIH Professional League, with the staff successful 4 of the eight matches it performed over two weeks.
India misplaced 1-2 and received 5-1 in opposition to Belgium, whereas they misplaced 2-Four and received 4-4 (4-2) within the shootout in opposition to Nice Britain. Within the double-header in opposition to Argentina, India received 3-Zero and 2-1, whereas the staff misplaced 1-Four and 2-Three to the Netherlands.
“There have been a variety of takeaways from the matches in Europe. We conceded targets from the touchline and that must be fastened. There may be additionally work to be executed on changing the probabilities we create within the ‘D’.
“Whereas taking part in prime European groups is all the time a superb studying expertise, we are going to now concentrate on bringing our greatest sport to the fore in opposition to prime Asian sides within the Asian Champions Trophy and Asian Video games,” stated the captain in a launch.
India completed their marketing campaign as provisional desk toppers with 30 factors from 16 Professional League matches.
This was additionally the staff’s first outing below new chief coach Craig Fulton, who changed Australian tactician Graham Reid.
“Craig brings a variety of positivity into the staff and he’s very clear in his ideas and expectations on how we should play as a staff.
“In these matches (in Europe), the main focus was extra on executing a disciplined construction in our sport, with emphasis on defending effectively,” added Harmanpreet.
The Indian staff is presently on a break, and can begin getting ready for the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) as soon as the coaching camp resumes.
The ACT will likely be held in Chennai from August Three to 12 whereas the Asian Video games are slated to be held in Hangzhou, China in September-October.
Talking concerning the Professional League outing in London and the Netherlands respectively, Harmanpreet stated, “Total, I feel it was a superb outing. Taking part in away video games in opposition to prime sides is all the time difficult and I feel we lived as much as the billing.”
