It is certainly an unusual situation to see the Indian hockey team and probables play a fast-paced game for 60 minutes at a stretch. Unlike in the past, this time coach Michael Nobbs and his boys make a new team all together.
Aggression and pace is the new mantra of the Indian hockey team and it seems, after months of hard work, Nobbs’s dream of making an aggressive team is taking shape. “They are quick now, aren’t they?” asks Nobbs, when asked about the change in the team’s attitude.
“When I came here, the players were lean and out of strength, hence it was not possible to make a strong team out of the bunch. We had to work hard on their fitness, before making the change in their technique and style of play,” said Nobbs while talking to DNA.
“Our whole approach has changed now. Earlier, we never used to play so fast and that too for 60 to 70 minutes at a stretch, but now we do,” said drag-flicker Sandeep Singh.
The coach said apart from their diet and gym workout, he had to work hard in making the players learn the new style of hockey. But more than that, he had to work on making them unlearn the old style. “That was a difficult part. I had to actually make them unlearn the old style. But now things are falling at place and you can see the change,” Nobbs said.
The players, on the other hand, have responded well to the new gym workout and diet. “We’re done with heavy weight training, now they are doing normal gymming. They look fit now, though they still have to work on their strength, they are at least not lean like before,” the coach added.
Aggression and pace is the new mantra of the Indian hockey team and it seems, after months of hard work, Nobbs’s dream of making an aggressive team is taking shape. “They are quick now, aren’t they?” asks Nobbs, when asked about the change in the team’s attitude.
“When I came here, the players were lean and out of strength, hence it was not possible to make a strong team out of the bunch. We had to work hard on their fitness, before making the change in their technique and style of play,” said Nobbs while talking to DNA.
“Our whole approach has changed now. Earlier, we never used to play so fast and that too for 60 to 70 minutes at a stretch, but now we do,” said drag-flicker Sandeep Singh.
The coach said apart from their diet and gym workout, he had to work hard in making the players learn the new style of hockey. But more than that, he had to work on making them unlearn the old style. “That was a difficult part. I had to actually make them unlearn the old style. But now things are falling at place and you can see the change,” Nobbs said.
The players, on the other hand, have responded well to the new gym workout and diet. “We’re done with heavy weight training, now they are doing normal gymming. They look fit now, though they still have to work on their strength, they are at least not lean like before,” the coach added.
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