Hockey India invited legendary former Australian forward and striker’s coach Michael McCann for a camp in Bhubaneswar between February 6 to 12. McCann was part of Australia’s dream team that won the Athens Olympic gold in 2004 and gold in FIH Champions Trophy 2005 in Chennai. India striker Mandeep Singh, who scored a magical goal against Ireland that helped the team bounce back from 0-1 to 3-1 win, said, “It was a very good camp and Michael was not only extremely informative on the field but his off-the-field meetings were also extremely knowledgeable, where he showed us a lot of short clips on specific areas. If you see our performance in the Pro League, we scored a lot. of field goals. This was a good learning point for us, and we were able to implement what we learnt in the camp in the matches,\” he added. The Indian team is now placed third in the points table only behind England and Belgium while Netherlands, Germany and Australia are placed No. 4 to No.6, respectively, with the finale scheduled in June.
