Chief coach Jose Brasa does not have the luxury of looking at other options when it comes to preparing for the two big hockey championships — Commonwealth Games and Asian Games — that India will figure in this year.
hough the Spaniard has been dismissive of the Commonwealth Games in the past, doing well in the Asian Games has been his main aim. The intervening period of around eight months would seem sufficient to develop a team vis-a-vis strategising, but Brasa has also to deal with working on the basics.
Teaching a defender how to tackle neatly and develop solidity in penalty-corners or a forward how to make the most of opportunities are ideally better left for those who coach players to bring them to this level. A national coach should be working out how to deliver the knockout punches against different teams.
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