2006-10-03 03:34:10 · 14 answers · asked by sweeeeeeeeeeeeety 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
AS LONG AS THE GOVERNING BODIES ARE RUN BY PEOPLE LIKE K.P.S GILL...PLZZZ DON EXPECT ANYTHING...YOU SHOULD SEEN HIS REPLY ON T.V....HE SAID THE LOSE TO NETHERLANDS WAS EXPECTED...HOW CAN A GUY WHO HEAD THE IHF CAN SPEAK LIKE THIS...HE SHOULD BE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEEDS OF THE PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS.....YOU KNOW IT WAS DUE TO POOR MANAGEMENT THAT LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF HOCKEY....AND IT WAS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE GROWING POPULARITY OF CRICKET....N THE ICING ON THE CAKE CAME WHEN INDIA WON THE WORLD CUP IN 1983.....AND THAT'S WHEN THE DOWNFALL OF HOCKEY BEGUN...IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POPULARITY OF CRICKET..THAT HOCKEY IS IN SUCH SORRY STATE TODAY...WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM PLAYERS WHO HAVE TO FETCH WATER BOTTLES FOR THEMSELVES.....N POOR INFRASTRUCTURE.......THE IHF DOESNT PROVIDE PLAYERS WITH PROPER ASTRO TURF'S....THE WAGES ARE ALSO NOT THAT ATTRACTIVE...BUT IF IHF IS SERIOUS ABOUT BRINGING THE GLORY DAYS OF INDIAN HOCKEY THEY CAN DO IT....AND I MEAN IT...THEY CAN TAP INTO THE VAST TALENT THAT IS GOIN TOTALLY WASTED IN RURAL PARTS OF INDIA...WHERE IN SOME PLACES HOCKEY IS GIVEN THE SAME RESPECT WHICH IT USED TO GET DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF 1920'S....I GUESS THEY CAN OPEN CAN ACADAMY IN PUNJAB AND JHARKAND OR ORISSA FROM WHERE MOST PLAYERS COME....IF THEY CAN'T GET BIG COMPANIES TO SPONSER EVENTS THEY SURELY CAN USE THE LOCAL COMPANIES WHICH ARE READY TO SPONSER EVENTS AND PLAYERS....ALL IT TAKES IS SOME EFFORT AND DEDICATION THAT WILL GO LONG WAY IN IMPROVING THINGS.....AND YEAH IF NEEDED THEY CAN GET A FOREIGN COACH ALSO...AND FOR PLAYERS THEY CAN START DOING THE BASICS RIGHT...I HAV SEEN THE FORWARDS NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THE BALL....FORGET TAKING IT FORWARD...N MOST OF ALL GET SOME EX - HOCKEY PLAYER TO HEAD IHF......GET RID OF ALL THESE GOVERMENT OFFCIALS...THEY GONNA SUCK THE WHATEVER LIFE IS LEFT THERE IN INDIAN HOCKEY.....IT'S HIGH TIME THEY GET DOWN TO BUSINESS...CAUSE OF ALL THE ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD CUP 06 IN GERMANY...INDIA FINISHED THE LOWEST...N 1 MORE THING...EVEN TEAMS LIKE GREAT BRITIAN,NEW ZEALAND,JAPAN WHICH OUR TEAM USED TO BEAT WITH LOT OF STRUGGLE HAVE IMPROVED A LOT....N EVEN THEY STRUGGLED TO BEAT SOUTH AFRICA....SO IF THINGS DONT IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE...I GUESS INDIA WILL SURELY BE RECEIVING THE WOODEN SPOON IN THE NEXT HOCKEY WORLD CUP
2006-10-03 04:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by vijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
india will never be able to win a hockey tournament. cricket, maybe, but i don't think they would know what to do on a patch of ice and a pair of skates
2006-10-03 10:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by fat girls are happy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so, With 1 Billion of population, I believe India is the leading country after China.
They are going to win one day and it will be the beginning of a new era...... Hooray India!!!!
2006-10-03 10:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by gilberts55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Field Hockey is a sport they used to be a world power in,
so the answer is possibly yes. Forget about ice hockey.
2006-10-03 12:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by Answerer17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF U R A TRUE INDIAN THEN U WILL NOT ASK THIS QUESTION .BELIVE IN OUR NATION .INDIA CAN ABLE TO WIN A TOURNAMENT .IT'S A GAME SOME ONE SHOULD WIN.
2006-10-03 10:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by binoj 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since this is in the hockey section, I am going to say no...
2006-10-03 10:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by Leader Desslok 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think at hockey but at cricket, yes
2006-10-06 16:20:32 · answer #7 · answered by babysweetvee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-10-04 11:23:35 · answer #8 · answered by mohi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not at ice hockey
2006-10-03 15:22:18 · answer #9 · answered by t-fod 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can camels fly?
2006-10-03 13:55:56 · answer #10 · answered by andjusticeivall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋