While it is heartening that somehow we got rid of Mr Gill . The new committee appointed is a strange Mix of old and new.Poor fecilities,lack of support and motivation notwithstanding the main problem of the Nationsl team is the style of play.Our traditioinal style of Hockey has become redundant. In fact the world body has introduced Astro Turf and changed rules of the game to counter the subcontinental style of Hockey. Need to drible ,short passing and stick work have been thrown out of window,due to above changes.Today top teams like Holland Germany,Austalia,korea,Spain,Argentina have specialised in Style of Hockey which calls for Hard hitting,man to man marking ,onetouch/deflection passing,deflection goals which happen very fast.This style is devised to counter the asian/traditional style and requires strong physical attributes.
Indian teams now are neither allowed to play in traditional style nor are they able to master the european style due to inherent weakness. To find an answer to this would be a great task of the new admin. In any case reaching top in Hockey is much more difficult than in cricket. Because in Hockey there are as many as 7 to 8 equally strong teams to beat. Whereas in Cricket there is only one Australia which is truely strong.
