Improvement is Walsh’s main objective in CWG
12 July 2014 5:34 AM IST
Following a disappointing World Cup campaign, Indian men’s hockey team chief coach Terry Walsh is not expecting anything miraculous from his wards in the upcoming Commonwealth Games and has set ‘improvement’ as the main objective in the quadrennial event. India finished a lowly ninth in the recent World Cup at The Hague, Netherlands but Walsh said, notwithstanding, the result his wards are growing as a team with every passing day.
‘Our big objective (in CWG) is to improve our game and finish in the top two in our pool and then move into the crossover situations. It’s an important tournament leading to the Asian Games. So we are looking for improvement during the tournament. Our objective is to grow during the tournament,’ the Australian said during a practice session at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Friday. India were the silver medallist in the 2010 Delhi CWG after having suffered a humiliating 0-8 defeat to world champions Australia in the final.
‘Australia are the biggest team in our pool. South Africa is always difficult when it comes to a tournament. Our first two games are against Wales and Scotland. My view is all about improvement. A this point I don’t think we are good enough to play Australia. I think we are good enough to take on England and New Zealand who are the other top teams in this competition,’ Walsh said.
‘Our big objective (in CWG) is to improve our game and finish in the top two in our pool and then move into the crossover situations. It’s an important tournament leading to the Asian Games. So we are looking for improvement during the tournament. Our objective is to grow during the tournament,’ the Australian said during a practice session at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Friday. India were the silver medallist in the 2010 Delhi CWG after having suffered a humiliating 0-8 defeat to world champions Australia in the final.
‘Australia are the biggest team in our pool. South Africa is always difficult when it comes to a tournament. Our first two games are against Wales and Scotland. My view is all about improvement. A this point I don’t think we are good enough to play Australia. I think we are good enough to take on England and New Zealand who are the other top teams in this competition,’ Walsh said.
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