I know that our best team was not playing in this tournament. What is our plan on drag flickers? Where were Len Iyyappa & Sandeep Singh in this tournament? We were also lacking finishing power in the end.
The coach did the best he could with the team he had - But did he get the best possible Indian team ?
It does not mean that Indians are not playing good. The current team is better in all respects than our team in the past. Then you will ask why India is not winning now and the answer is simple. It was the technique, which helped India in winning half a dozen Olympic Gold Medals in the past playing against the same teams. During those periods, though players in other teams were more physically fit than Indian players, technique wise, they were all inferior to Indian players. Now they all improved their technical skill and at par with India. The only difference in most cases is the stamina, energy in players in other teams. Europeans, Australians, Canadians and even Pakistan players are physically well built than India players. They have that perfect combination of stamina and technique and therefore, they dominate. Now it is almost difficult for Indians to regain the supremacy in Hockey in the near future because our climate, backwardness and all are there as hindrances. This is not just with Hockey but also with all other games where stamina is a must. India is doing well in Cricket because, though stamina is required even in Cricket, the influence of technical skill is paramount in Cricket unlike in other sports. In Kabadi, India performs well these days, but no doubt, when other teams pick up the technique in that game, India's supremacy will end there as well.
I want to congratulate India for doing well with their limited resources. Also, it is high time to take sports i
RE:Congratulations Team India for your dedication and for being runner up.
by Sebastian Cherukanam on Mar 11, 2008 04:32 PM
I want to congratulate India for doing well with their limited resources. Also, it is high time to take sports in a sportsman spirit and also for keeping the youth in a country physically fit and engaged so that they will not wander here and there and will not enter in other activities, which will create trouble in the society. When we take things in that way, winning all the time will become irrelevant.
RE:Congratulations Team India for your dedication and for being runner up.
by Souvik Jana on Mar 11, 2008 06:49 PM
Yes.. I agree everyone is feeling very low for Indian Hockey for their defeat but given the limited resources and facilities it is really good that they have come to the finals...
RE:Our Hockey
by Vishal on Mar 11, 2008 04:10 PM
Send Mr. Pandu to play hockey for India aur fir dekho medal hi medals!! Its much easier to say than to be done!! Dusari team pagal nai khadi hai, simple thay are more qualified than we are
RE:Our Hockey
by pandu rangappa on Mar 11, 2008 05:15 PM
Hi vishal i am not saying it is easy... i know it is difficult, the indian hockey team need changes. if they send for me see i wil bring medals 100%.
Joaquim Carvalho, I wonder how you could encourage fitness in our boys, WITH YOU BEING SO BLOATED AND GROSSLY OVERWEIGHT EVEN FOR A NORMAL INDIVIDUAL, LEAVE ALONE FOR A NATIONAL HOCKEY COACH. One has to lead by example.
What example have you been setting (just one of the points out of the many I thought I should make a mention about)?
i think every patriotic indian should see and support hockey beocz it is our national game. Cricket is a vedeshi game often played by british work-shy fellows later dumped to india so that it can make indians dull and lazy that is what now happening (sorry cricket fans i have no intentions to hurt to you in anyway)
RE:RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by Vinayak Gadekar on Mar 11, 2008 03:25 PM
Mr Bharatkumar, you are very weak in History. Football, Hockey, Badminton, Rugby, Cricket all originate from Great Britain....
RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:12 PM
hockey is a power sports whras cricket is a sluggish sports..
hockey is 10 times competive than cricket. thats why qualiying for hockey world cup is equivalent to win cricket world cup.
hockey is an olympic sports
hockey is our national game. we dont need to protect only our national animal but national game too. we r investing crores in saving nat animal why not even the 10% of it is invested in national game? why not 10% of media n public support to national game..
RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by Bharatkumar on Mar 11, 2008 03:19 PM
very well said attacker a nationwide movement should start to protect our national game. There is provision to protect national animal there is provision to protect national brid there is a provision to protect each and every thing related and deep rooted to nation THEN WHY HOCKEY LEFT TO DYE ?????
RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:22 PM
bcoz most of the indians r unpatriotic. this is bitter truth. they only follow media blindly. if media say, doing something is patriotic then they follow it blindly.
RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by Common Man on Mar 11, 2008 03:57 PM
Tomorrow the media (after taking hefty money) may proclaim that doing drugs is good. Will I do it?
No. I am not that dim-wit enough to follow the media blindly like a herd of sheep, Mr.Attacker.
RE:Deshi v/s Vedeshi game
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 04:02 PM
the question is not of u.. its majority.. media is a big power whether u accept or not. it affects public.. otherwise, corporate world is not fool to invest crores in media...
Every time we get in to the controversy that Hockey is not funded as much as cricket do, and hockey is not recognised as much as cricket.
It is true that most of the funds for Cricket and Hockey development arrives from the sponsors. Without fund you can't improve the game from gross root level.
Even after ruled the world like champions in hockey for 55 years, Indian hockey shown a lack of confidance in an important time called "TELEVISION ERA". In mid 80s when television revolution started in India.... Cricket was on the up and Hockey was low. People saw live the cricket team performing good at international level and hockey team degrading. Thus public lost the interest in hockey.
The great IHF never done anything good to improve the Indian Hockey to modern day competance. Funds also reduced and thus the motivation of hockey players!
As the Title says.........it is time to start from scratch. SAI has to allot more funds to develop hockey. We have 25 years of failure in one side of coin and 55 years of glory in other side. So dont blame now, sack the IHF and start with players voted administrators. Announce incentive for every win..every goal.
At last media support is very crucial. Support them atleast 50% of what they do now against their win.
let there be no political interference in the indian sports,then only our sports can survive.no political person should be involved in the game,no political influence should be brought in to the game.then only inida can beat any champions,
RE:time tp start to scratch from
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:59 PM
we have habit of blaming politicians for everything.. we r weak in sports, how come politics come here., in whole world sports politics is thr in every sports.. take e.g. of brazil football association.. they r corrupt but still they r among best in world of soccer..
sports organisation has nothing to do with it.. its we the public of nation r responsible for failure. accept the truth..
hockey is a power sports whras cricket is a sluggish sports..
hockey is 10 times competive than cricket. thats why qualiying for hockey world cup is equivalent to win cricket world cup.
hockey is an olympic sports
hockey is our national game. we dont need to protect only our national animal but national game too. we r investing crores in saving nat animal why not even the 10% of it is invested in national game? why not 10% of media n public support to national game..
RE:RE:hockey vs cricket
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:15 PM
media shd spread awareness towards sports in india. and sports shd b made compulsory subject in school
RE:hockey vs cricket
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:11 PM
this is for those, who r happy to see india lose in hockey.. or those who think we shd change our nat game..
if u come into that category, then u r also unpatriotic..
and these comments hurt only unpatriotic people here
RE:hockey vs cricket
by attacker on Mar 11, 2008 03:14 PM
You mean to say: Unless the Media and Public Support is there, NOTHING gets done in this country?
yes. nation will act as we the public act.. and its needless to say media impact on public.
one of them need to improve in india for betterment of sports, either media or public or corporate world...
RE:hockey vs cricket
by Common Man on Mar 11, 2008 03:55 PM
Why don't you lead by example? Why don't you pledge that you will donate your entire life savings to improve sporting facilities around your neighborhood to improve Hockey?
All I am asking you is to take an oath on this "Public Forum". Let it be an eye-opener to a lot of people on this Forum.
India's record holding past Hockey Olympians & government%u2019s apathy towards this sport should be blamed for failure of present Indian Hockey team. %u2022 Modern hockey is not the same as of the past %u2013 Olympians must realize. %u2022 Indian style of hockey alone will not conquer the game. India has incompetent or hardly any good strikers or drag flicker. %u2022 Though talent is plenty, unable to pick the best. %u2022 Infrastructure (astroturf) is not even 15% satisfactory. %u2022 Absolutely no career scope/growth in this sport. %u2022 Bring in sport management professionals.
