https://givemehockey.com/defense-and-not-attack-will-win-games-for-india/ The Home of Field hockey Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://givemehockey.com/defense-and-not-attack-will-win-games-for-india/#comment-50 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:05:34 +0000 https://givemehockey.com/defense-and-not-attack-will-win-games-for-india/#comment-50 Guess u didnt follow hockey for a while. Jose Brasa did what u precisely said and the only thing we achieved was failing to even qualify for Olympics. Now you see India rubbing shoulders with the top teams pound for pound. Nobbs has never said that defense is not needed. He only said that we need to defend deeper and well. So it will be criminal not to attack which has been our trademark hockey. All u said about our forwards is true and thats why we are still 10th in the world. Truly becoz that their fitness and finesse was found wanting and thats what Nobbs want to improve upon. Once u score 2-3 goals in the first half, it would make our counterattacking game much easier as it plays in the mind of an opponent, rather to allow them score a goal which is criminal. U never see aussies defending every match to win, They have a good defense, but their style of hockey is always attack. That's becoz they have FIT players which none of the earlier coaches here insisted upon…

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