Exactly a month after saying Craig Fulton as the brand new leader trainer of the Indian males’s crew, Hockey India (HI) on Friday introduced that Rhett Halkett and Alan Tan will sign up for in because the South African’s strengthen team of workers. While Halkett would be the analytical trainer, Tan has been named because the clinical guide.
The choice follows the resignation of leader trainer Graham Reid, analytical trainer Gregg Clark and clinical guide Mitchell Pemberton within the wake of India’s dismal display on the World Cup in January the place they completed joint 9th in Odisha – the worst display by means of a bunch country on the quadrennial match.
Like Fulton, Halkett could also be a former South Africa world who performed 155 internationals between 2010 and 2018. In 2020, he joined the Netherlands girls’s crew as an assistant trainer the place he guided the crew throughout the Pro League, European Championships and Tokyo Olympics throughout his one-year tenure. Last yr, Halkett took over as assistant trainer for the Scotland males’s crew and in addition led Scotland U-21 as the top trainer.
Tan, alternatively, comes with over 10 years of revel in operating as energy and conditioning trainer on the NSW Institute of Sport from January 2011 to September 2021. He additionally went directly to take over the position of nationwide construction squad program supervisor at Wheelchair Rugby Australia from August 2021 to March 2023.
He additionally labored as a laboratory tutor and unit assessor marker for Bachelor Exercise and Sport Science on the University of Technology Sydney from September 2021 to March 2023 sooner than taking up as senior energy and conditioning trainer for Tennis Australia on the Sydney Training Center from November 2022 to March 2023.
Women’s crew strengthen team of workers
Meanwhile, HI has additionally introduced that former Japan girls’s crew head trainer Anthony Farry will fill within the place of analytical trainer of the Indian girls’s crew. Farry had a three-year stint as assistant trainer for Hockey ACT and Hockey Australia between December 2008 and 2011. He got here into the limelight throughout his tenure as Canada males’s head trainer and high-performance director between August 2011 and February 2017 when Canada certified for the 2016 Rio Olympics for the primary time.
Farry additionally helped Canada U-21 males qualify for 2 consecutive editions of the Junior World Cup after which went on to guide Japan girls as head trainer and high-performance director between February 2017 and August 2020. Under his steering, Japan gained their first Asian Cup. Games gold in 2018. He took over as USA girls’s crew head trainer and high-performance director from August 2020 to April 2022.
“We welcome the new coaching staff for the Indian men’s and women’s teams. On behalf of HI, I thank the Sports Authority of India for processing their appointments on an immediate basis and appreciate their continued support in preparing the Indian teams for the upcoming Asian Games in China in 2023. I wish Rhett Halkett, Alan Tan and Anthony Farry the very best in their new roles,” HI president Dilip Tirkey stated.