News for 20 March 2023
All the news for Monday 20 March 2023
2023 Indoor Test Matches CAN v USA (M) - 20 March
University of Toronto
All times GMT - 5
18 Mar 2023 12:00 USA v CAN 1 - 9
18 Mar 2023 21:20 CAN v USA 7 - 4
19 Mar 2023 12:05 USA v CAN 2 - 11
FIH Match Centre
Hendrickx scores on Pinoké return
Alexander Hendrickx returned from injury to score for Pinoké as they got their first point of 2023 from a big battle with Klein Zwitserland in the men’s Hoofdklasse. 
Day 1 Results: 1st Hockey India Junior Men and Junior Women Intra Zonal Championships 2023
New Delhi: The 1st Hockey India Junior Men and Women Intra Zonal Championships 2023 kicked off today in the North, South, East, and West Zones with some notable performances that put their home teams in title contention right away.
England Hockey finals weekend places still up for grabs
Old Georgians, Holcombe, Wimbledon and Surbiton have secured their places in the Men’s Premier Division Finals Weekend with a game to spare.
English Final four picture emerges as Surbiton advance
Surbiton’s women struck late to advance to the finals weekend of the English women’s championship with a game to spare as they eventually saw off Beeston 3-1.
Southgate and Isca secure promotions to England Hockey Premier Divisions
Southgate men are back in the men's Premier Division PIC: Southgate HC
When Kwan Browne was announced as coach last May, he called the club a “sleeping giant” in his bid to take Southgate back to the top echelons of the men’s domestic game. He now has his wish after Southgate won promotion to the Premier Division after a decade away following a dominating season in Division 1 South.
Negri and Terengganu hold their nerve to complete trebles
By Jugjet Singh
Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) claimed a treble on Jang Jung Hyun's shoulders as he nailed a late penalty corner to deny Tenaga Nasional the chance to lift their Cup. -BERNAMA PIC
BUKIT JALIL: Negri Sembilan practiced shoot-outs until 7.30pm yesterday and snatched the Vivian May Soars Cup from the jaws of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UniTen) Thunderbolts in the final at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil tonight.
Not enough of 'quality players'
By Jugjet Singh
BUKIT JALIL: A predictable men's and women's Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) came to an end on Saturday with Negri Sembilan and Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) winning a treble each.
Grange men still on course but Watsonians women drop first points
Grange`s hold on pole position in the Scottish men`s Premiership continues unabated following a 4-1 win over third placed Edinburgh University.
St Joseph's Girls Kitale ready to reclaim lost hockey glory
By Washington Onyango
St Joseph Girls Kitale hockey players celebrate after qualifying for the Trans Nzoia County games.[Washington Onyango,Standard]
St Joseph's Girls High School Kitale, Kenya have risen from the dead.
Why Indian Hockey have not yet produced a coach like Ric Charlesworth?
By Shane Sadanand
Let us approach this million dollar question by discussing another genius. Steve Jobs, the man who changed the world using technology.
Wikimedia describes Steve Jobs as an American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple and Pixar.
In India you can't expect these achievements from a college drop out or an "uneducated" person. He started Apple company at the age of 21.
Steve Job's friendship during childhood with the children of Silicon valley engineers developed a love towards electronics. He lived in a house that was developed based on linear geometry and was full of glasses. He happened to attend some classes on calligraphy though it wasn't his optional subject at Reed's Arts College. His seven months period of stay in Indian Asrams gave him the meaning of simplicity.
So his greatest product iPhone has all the above attributes. It was a miniature, rectangular white product and the design followed the rules of linear geometry. It had best fonts compared to rival products. He also conceptualised the circular Apple Park with all curved glass elevation. He had 450 patents in industrial designs.
Even though Steve Jobs spent only seven months in Indian Asrams, he might never have come across the term " Lakshman Rekha" (limiting line) during his short stay. But he drew useful clues from unstudied areas and converted these ideas to fantastic product designs. His product iPad simply changed this world.
This method of subscribing idea from unstudied and unrelated areas and inventing a new concept is fluid intelligence.
Now we have another genius who changed the hockey world and he is Dr. Richard Charlesworth who used fluid intelligence in hockey.
As a physiologist (MBBS Doctor) Ric
Charlesworth knows the effect of happy hormones like dopamine and serotonin in players body. He also knows the adverse effect of panic hormones like cortisol and adrenaline.
A professional doctor can analyse the physical requirements of a hockey player. So he could develop a team of muscled human robots and their body structure sent shivers down the backbones of lean and skinny Indian players.
He might have also sought advice from decathlon coaches where physical fitness is of paramount importance for a field athlete that allowed him to the development of human robots.
He has a honorary science degree and history degrees under his belt and it led to an analytical and searching mind. Ric Charlesworth has played International hockey and first class cricket. He was a politician par excellence and a member of parliament. Sessions in the parliament helped him to become an expert in decision making. Learned information, experience derived from games and other multiple fields made him a super coach who used fluid intelligence. It helped him to change the world of hockey.
As the coach of Australia, he won six gold medals from seven world cups & Olympics. His team won seven Champions Trophy titles. He won coach of the year titles eight times.
Compared to these two masterminds, Indian coaches don't posses fluid or learned intelligence. They have a degree or diploma from NIS Patiala and that allows them to land in coach's job. From this institute, one will get elementary ideas of coaching. These Indian coaches then draw a "Lakshman Chathur" (limiting square) around them and will never cross their original ideas received from Patiala.
I have an FB friend who was doing MBA in sports management from a premier institute in Pune. Now he is an employee of a top sports institute in India. During a discussion, I asked some doubts about their curriculum and their way of learning. Also probed about the way they studied Organisational Behaviour (OB). He couldn't remember anything. Had he studied it properly he could have solved one third of the mental problems like performance anxiety existing in the minds of Indian team.
Indian hockey experts argue that to be a national hockey coach you need to represent a country. But to be a successful coach you need to use fluid intelligence.
Unlike a human coach, Artificial Hockey Intelligence can draw ideas from any stream of knowledge and can develop a new system that surely will change the hockey world.