Bram Lomans explains why India is powerful contender to win Males’s Hockey World Cup 2023

With the FIH Odisha Hockey Males’s World Cup 2023 simply across the nook, 1998 Males’s Hockey World Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist Bram Lomans revealed his favourites for the match.

“I believe if India can address the big stress, and if the gamers don't get too excited, they've a extremely good likelihood to win. India have gotten good strikers, good corner-takers, and a great goalkeeper. In order that they have all of the substances to go far,” the previous Netherlands worldwide mentioned.

“In the event that they get too excited or emotional, then it may possibly crumble. But when they will maintain their focus, then they're one of many largest candidates, together with Australia. The Netherlands are additionally all the time good. They've improved so much prior to now few tournaments, so I anticipate them to do properly. You even have Belgium, Argentina, and England are additionally doing fairly properly. So, there are a minimum of six-seven groups who could be on prime. It is going to be extraordinarily attention-grabbing as a result of it's tight and that's what hockey wants,” he added.

India is in Group D, alongside Spain, England, and Wales. Lomans, who's credited with popularising drag flicking within the late Nineties, is at the moment in India for particular drag flicking coaching periods with the Indian Males’s Hockey Staff on the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.

Lomans lauded Indian drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh and defined why he's so profitable.

“Harmanpreet Singh has a relaxed angle about him. He's actually good as a result of he is aware of his strengths and his qualities and he simply goes for it. He doesn't stress about it an excessive amount of when he's taking a penalty nook, though I'm certain the stress will probably be monumental on him. However he has that calmness round him that helps him get the job achieved,” Lomans mentioned.

The previous Dutch penalty nook specialist additional added that India has a powerful pool of younger drag glints which can assist the staff on the FIH Odisha Hockey Males’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.

“The most important energy of the present Indian staff is that they've 4-5 actually good penalty nook takers who can rating. If all of them can chip in, it would take the stress off Harmanpreet Singh. The standard is excessive and I'm honoured I might help them out. There are additionally some actually good abilities on the U-21 camp, who can come up sooner or later,” he signed off.