Author: stick2hockey

The latest news break — cancellation of Junior gilrs team to Australia — should not surprise anyone who are familar with the administration of women hockey in India. To say the least, the IWHF functions ...

This Sunday, I thought no serious hockey. But, writing is a disease with me, so I have to do something today also. But I was sure in my mind the stuff should be different. Then ...

Dear legend, You are hockey’s flag bearer. You keep hockey close to heart. Hockey is your passion, profession and obsession. You visit so many schools and colleges as hockey ambassador and always hog around grounds ...

THIS ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY ME, WAS PUBLISHED IN HINDUSTAN TIMES SPORTS PAGES LAST WEEK. This article is brought to you Courtesy: Hindustan Times Indian hockey’s theatre of the absurd plays on. On Wednesday, the KPS ...

THIS ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY ME, WAS PUBLISHED IN NAI DUNIA (HINDI NEWWSPAPER) YESTERDAY ON EDITORIAL PAGE. This article is brought to you courtesy: Nai Dunia Indian hockey is in the danger of survival as never ...

On paper it appears that hockey is run by Indian Hockey Federation and Indian Women Hockey Federation for men and women, respectively. On the face it, yes, these two orgnizations run hockey. But in fact ...

This site always advocates putting in place systems to run hockey sport. The recent episode of men’s chief coach once again stresses the need for systems. Now imagine. If the Ad-hoc Committee had a system ...

Normally, selection of coaches for national team is an administrative matter. Authorities concerned take the input from technical people, select a person based on their input, weigh pros and cons, and then work out the ...