The Indian males’s hockey The staff’s look forward to its new head trainer ended on Friday as Hockey India appointed South Africa’s Craig Fulton rather than the outgoing Graham Reidfollowing India’s disappointing display on the World Cup in January.
India completed a lowly ninth within the 16-team World Cup, and then the staff’s Australian Chief Coach Reid resigned from the publish, together with analytical trainer Greg Clark and medical marketing consultant Mitchell Pemberton.
Fulton, who has just about 25 years of training enjoy, mentioned he would attempt to take Indian hockey to the following degree.
“It is an honor to be appointed in the role of chief coach for the Indian men’s hockey team. India has a deep history and legacy of the sport and I look forward to taking this forward with the current team which has some very promising talent, Fulton said in a press release.
Reid, though, had guided the Indian team to a historic bronze medal-winning show at the Tokyo Olympics.
Fulton has shown exemplary results in his previous stints as coach.
His rise to fame started with a stint with the Irish men’s team as its head coach between 2014 to 2018 when the team qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016.
That was the Irish team’s first Olympic qualification in 100 years. The historic feat also won him the FIH Coach of the Year in 2015.
Fulton also worked as assistant coach with the reigning Olympic champions Belgium en route to the gold medal in Tokyo. He was also part of the Belgian coaching staff during their 2018 World Cup win in Bhubaneswar.
Fulton was named Belgium Coach of the Year this year.
In his illustrious career as a hockey player with the South African squad, Fulton played 195 international matches over a span of 10 years.
He was part of the South Africa team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. He has also played at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
Speaking on Fulton’s appointment, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said, “I’m more than happy to state that Hockey India has finalized Craig Fulton for the executive trainer’s position with the Indian males’s hockey staff. I’ve had the respect of taking part in towards him and now I Look ahead to running intently with him on this new segment for the boys’s hockey staff.
“He comes with tremendous experience in coaching and his work ethic induces confidence in raising the team’s performance in world hockey.”
Fulton is predicted to sign up for in the course of the approaching FIH Pro League fits towards Australia and Germany in Rourkela subsequent month.
India will tackle Germany within the first fit on March 10 adopted by means of go back leg on March 13. India can even play Australia, the reigning Commonwealth Games champions, on March 12 and 15.
Earlier this week, Hockey India had named Australians David John, BJ Kariappa and Shivendra Singh because the period in-between coaches for the approaching Pro League video games towards Australia and international champions Germany.
(With company inputs)
India completed a lowly ninth within the 16-team World Cup, and then the staff’s Australian Chief Coach Reid resigned from the publish, together with analytical trainer Greg Clark and medical marketing consultant Mitchell Pemberton.
Fulton, who has just about 25 years of training enjoy, mentioned he would attempt to take Indian hockey to the following degree.
“It is an honor to be appointed in the role of chief coach for the Indian men’s hockey team. India has a deep history and legacy of the sport and I look forward to taking this forward with the current team which has some very promising talent, Fulton said in a press release.
Reid, though, had guided the Indian team to a historic bronze medal-winning show at the Tokyo Olympics.
Fulton has shown exemplary results in his previous stints as coach.
His rise to fame started with a stint with the Irish men’s team as its head coach between 2014 to 2018 when the team qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016.
That was the Irish team’s first Olympic qualification in 100 years. The historic feat also won him the FIH Coach of the Year in 2015.
Fulton also worked as assistant coach with the reigning Olympic champions Belgium en route to the gold medal in Tokyo. He was also part of the Belgian coaching staff during their 2018 World Cup win in Bhubaneswar.
Fulton was named Belgium Coach of the Year this year.
In his illustrious career as a hockey player with the South African squad, Fulton played 195 international matches over a span of 10 years.
He was part of the South Africa team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. He has also played at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
Speaking on Fulton’s appointment, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said, “I’m more than happy to state that Hockey India has finalized Craig Fulton for the executive trainer’s position with the Indian males’s hockey staff. I’ve had the respect of taking part in towards him and now I Look ahead to running intently with him on this new segment for the boys’s hockey staff.
“He comes with tremendous experience in coaching and his work ethic induces confidence in raising the team’s performance in world hockey.”
Fulton is predicted to sign up for in the course of the approaching FIH Pro League fits towards Australia and Germany in Rourkela subsequent month.
India will tackle Germany within the first fit on March 10 adopted by means of go back leg on March 13. India can even play Australia, the reigning Commonwealth Games champions, on March 12 and 15.
Earlier this week, Hockey India had named Australians David John, BJ Kariappa and Shivendra Singh because the period in-between coaches for the approaching Pro League video games towards Australia and international champions Germany.
(With company inputs)