Journey to turn into constant takes at the least a decade: Viren Rasquinha on India girls’s hockey staff’s WC exit

India girls’s staff failed to succeed in the quarter-finals on the World Cup 2022 after shedding their must-win crossover match 0-1 to Spain. India will play within the ninth to sixteenth putting match on July 12.

Members of India and Spain groups react in the course of the crossover match on Sunday. (Courtesy: Twitter/Hockey India)

HIGHLIGHTSIndia misplaced their must-win match to Spain 0-1India failed to succeed in the World Cup quartersRasquinha pens issues to enhance for ladies’s staff

Former India males’s staff captain Viren Rasquinha on Monday expressed his disappointment after the nationwide girls’s hockey staff failed to succeed in the quarter-finals on the World Cup 2022.

India girls’s staff suffered a heart-break as they misplaced to Spain 0-1 of their must-win crossover match on Sunday. A dissatisfied Rasquinha got here out in help of the ladies’s facet and went on to do an evaluation of the staff.

The CEO of the Olympic Gold Quest, Rasquinha, shared the positives and the issues that the ladies’s staff has to enhance on.

“Really disappointing to lose 0-1 to Spain and miss out on the QF of #HWC2022. The womens hockey team needs our support now. The journey to become a consistent world top 4 team takes at least a decade. Look at Belgium or the Indian men. My advice – just stay mentally strong 1/6,” Rasquinha tweeted.

Really disappointing to lose 0-1 to Spain and miss out on the QF of #HWC2022. The womens hockey staff wants our help now. The journey to turn into a constant world prime 4 staff takes at the least a decade. Look at Belgium or the Indian males. My recommendation – simply keep mentally robust 1/6

— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) July 11, 2022

“Tried to calmly analyse the overall performance and see the positives and things to improve so here goes. Positives: 1. Great overall fitness & work rate; 2. Decent structure in defence; 3. Excellent individual skills; 4. World class Keeper; 5. Can maintain High tempo throughout 2/6.

“Things to enhance on: 1. Hockey is all about scoring objectives. If you don’t rating, too laborious to outlive 60 minutes; 2. PCs – way more sharpness between pusher, stopper & flicker. Gives Gurjit a cut up second extra > increased chance of scoring 3/6.

“Things to improve contd. 3. If direct PCs conversion rate improves, then gives a better chance of scoring through indirect variations as defence always mentally focuses on saving the direct flick first; 4. Need more bench strength to challenge the top 15-16 women 4/6.

“Things to enhance on contd. 5. For me at all times crucial level – Learning to launch the ball & select the proper choice on the proper time. All the abilities on the planet in hockey don’t matter for those who can’t select the proper move when it actually issues 5/6.

“Just a thought: Given that we have struggled to score in this World Cup, it could be a good idea to get Dhanraj Pillay in to take a 2-3 day coaching workshop just for our forwards. One of the main reasons why he was so good was just his composure and cleverness in the ‘D’ 6/6,” Rasquinha concluded.

India girls’s staff will tackle Canada within the ninth to sixteenth putting match on July 12.

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