NEW DELHI: India need to work at the grassroot level to regain their lost glory in hockey, said former hockey star Viren Rasquinha on Tuesday.

Rasquinha, who’s the COO of the Olympic Gold Quest, was talking at the FICCI global sports summit “Turf-2009” in the Capital.

“In hockey, there is no proper domestic circuit. Players are taught rubbish by the coaches. There needs to be a way of coaching the coaches,” he said.

Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand called for having a sports culture.

“Sportpersons start having doubts about their careers when they reach adolescence. They have to choose either sports or education as the education system doesn’t allow sportspersons to pursue education,” he said.