Hockey India announces Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway 2020

New Delhi, 29 December 2019: Hockey India on Sunday announced the launch of the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway 2020 which will be conducted in February - March 2020. The program, which is an integral part of the FIH Academy, will see the Hockey India Level 'Basic' and Level '1' Coaching Courses being conducted across the four zones - South, West, North and East in February 2020, with the Hockey India Level '2' Coaching Course also taking place later in March 2020.

A simplified education structure, the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway, consists of a combination of web-based modules and face-to-face interactive courses, underpinned by a competency based assessment process, which helps the Coaches in progressing to higher levels. The Pathway is divided into 7 levels: Hockey India Level 'Basic', Hockey India Level '1', Hockey India Level '2', FIH Level 1, FIH Level 2, FIH Level 3 and FIH High Performance. Once a candidate progresses from the Hockey India Levels, they are then eligible to enrol for the FIH Academy Level 1 Course, and so on. In its initial year, this initiative from Hockey India attracted overwhelming response from across the country with over 300 candidates applying for each March 2019 and August 2019 phases of the Pathway.

Hockey India had launched the first-ever Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway earlier in March 2019, designed with the aim to provide a simplified education structure to help in developing coaches from the grassroots level into world-class coaches of the high performance/international level. With hundreds of candidates having enrolled for the Pathway in 2019, the meticulously-designed program provided certification to candidates including young upcoming hockey Coaches who are already Coaches or wish to pursue Coaching as a career; along with NIS-qualified coaches, and former International Hockey players who have represented India at the highest level in the past.

The Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway 2020 will see the Hockey India 'Basic' and Level '1' Coaching Course for the South Zone take place in Kollam, Kerala from 11th to 13th February 2020, for the West Zone in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from 15th to 17th February 2020, for the North Zone in New Delhi from 19th to 21st February 2020, and for the East Zone in Ranchi, Jharkhand from 23rd to 25th February 2020. After the completion of the Hockey India' Basic' and Level '1' Courses across the four Zones, Hockey India Level '2' Coaching Course will be held in New Delhi from 27th to 30th March 2020, which will be conducted for candidates who have successfully cleared the initial two courses.

"After a very successful introduction of the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway in 2019, we are pleased to be conducting this program again in 2020 to continue to provide a well-designed platform to young Coaches from across the country and help them in being well-versed with the modern hockey environment. We are very committed to developing the sport from the grassroots level, and through the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway, we want to ensure that these courses are helping in the progression of grassroots coaches into high performance/international level coaches. I am confident that with the help of the Pathway, more Coaches will realize their dream and take this chance to hone their coaching skills with the help of some of the best Coaches from around the world," expressed Mohd. Mushtaque Ahmad, President Hockey India.