Indian Hockey Team is staying where it had been for last 30 years after winning the gold medal in Moscow Olympic in 1980. It was the last time when India won any major tournament. India beat Spain to win the gold. After that, 30 years has passed. Other countries have progressed and we are going backwards. As a result, the same Spain has drubbed us 5-2 in the ongoing world cup in Delhi. Though India has started its campaign brilliantly by defeating Pakistan 4-1 and avanged the defeat of 1982 Delhi Asian Games, in the next two games, it bowed down to Australia and Spain( both 5-2). There is not much hope left for our team in the rest of the tournament.
What may be the reasons so that we are not able to cope up with other top ranking teams:
* All the glamor and money is going the cricket way. So the young generation is not interested in coming to hockey.
* Lack of infrastructure- there is lack of enough astro-turf in major cities of our country, not to mention the smaller ones.
* Speed of the game has been increased tremendously. Indian players are finding it difficult to cope up with the speed and body fitness of Koreans and Western Countries.
* Certain rules of the game has been changed, which is also not helping our cause either.
* Lack of supply line. There is a village called Sansarpur in Punjab which alone has given India 14 Olympians so far. There is still not a suitable field where upcoming players can grow, not to mention an astro-turf. The results are showing.
The picture is not very bright. We can only hope and pray for Indian Hockey at the present moment.
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