Hockey India expressed their deepest condolences on the sad demise of Hockey Legend Balbir Singh Sr who breathed his last on Monday morning in Mohali. The triple Olympic Champion and World Cup-winning Team Manager had been battling for life since 8 May 2020 when he was hospitalised.
The Indian Men and Women's Core Probable Group housed in the Sports Authority of India Centre, Bengaluru suspended high-intensity hockey training in the third week of March following a nationwide lockdown. While pitch training was out of bounds, the teams took to indoor workout regime to maintain their fitness.
Hockey India exclusively organized the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Session for a group of journalists through Google Meet on Saturday, 16 May 2020. A total of 11 journalists attended the event to get an idea about how Indian Coaches better themselves through the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway and understand the coaching system being adopted in India from grassroots level and upwards
The members of the Senior Men and Senior Women Core Probables currently at the SAI Centre Bangalore, gained a lot of perspective about hockey through the Hockey India Level 'Basic' Coaching Course online, which was announced by Hockey India on 09 May 2020. A total of 32 Senior Men and 23 Senior Women Core Probables took part in the Hockey India Level 'Basic' Coaching Course, learning about the rules of the sport in detail and delving into the history of the sport as well.
Ever since Wayne Lombard took over as the Scientific Advisor of the Indian Women's Hockey Team, there has been a considerable improvement in the fitness levels of the players, which has resulted in better performances on the field. The impressive overhaul in the various fitness routines followed by the team has seen them rise to World No. 9 in the FIH World Rankings, and has led them to successive Olympic Games (2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo). One of the various fitness sessions that the Indian team follows was on display on Friday morning as energetic Forward Navjot Kaur joined Lombard for an Instagram Live session on Hockey India's official handle.
The Indian Men's Hockey Team Defender Jarmanpreet Singh has been thoroughly examining the footage of his previous matches and has noted down some key factors that he needs to work on, once the team gets back to full-fledged training on the pitch. The 24-year-old expressed that he will come back on the hockey field with greater resolve than ever before.
In a first-of-its-kind Special Congress held via video conference on Wednesday, Hockey India engaged it's Executive Board Members and State Member Units in valuable discussions to pave the way forward and re-start the sport at state and national level following the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The Congress was also joined by special invitee Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, President, Indian Olympic Association.