Preparations in full swing for hockey tourney- Junior National Championship
Preparations for the 14th India Junior Men National Hockey Championship are in full swing. The championship will start on September 6.
The best players will get selected for the Indian Hockey Team. As many as 30 teams from all over the state are taking part. The players will be staying at Lovely Professional University. In case extra space will be required, the players will be accommodated at Khalsa College and Sports College.
Surjit Hockey Committee members said none of the teams had been denied participation and teams from almost every state was participating in the tournament
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalan ... y-tourney/
Junior Indian Hockey - men and women
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HockeywithBilli
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Junior Men's Asia Cup has started today. Here's the link to watch the matches live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXjhuN ... Federation
Hoping for an improved show from us compared to the recently concluded Sultan Johor Cup
Hoping for an improved show from us compared to the recently concluded Sultan Johor Cup
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After 1st 2 matches, it seems we are no better than the Sultan Johor Cup level of performance.
Today we beat Japan 3-2. We gave away 16 PCs and won only 5! Usual lack of composure in both Ds. Our defenders just can not tackle cleanly and the forwards can't trap the ball or manufacture a PC when there's no clear shot on goal. More worryingly, we didn't show much creativity. After a few square passes, we'd simply throw an aerial or try a hopeful pass. The forwards tended to use their feet for stopping the ball! Japan had enough chances in open play as well to have won this game.
Pakistan look good in the other pool. If we give away this many PCs to them, they will covert 3-4 at least as their drag flicker is Sufyan Khan, who is the senior team's main PC taker and World Junior Player of the Year.
Today we beat Japan 3-2. We gave away 16 PCs and won only 5! Usual lack of composure in both Ds. Our defenders just can not tackle cleanly and the forwards can't trap the ball or manufacture a PC when there's no clear shot on goal. More worryingly, we didn't show much creativity. After a few square passes, we'd simply throw an aerial or try a hopeful pass. The forwards tended to use their feet for stopping the ball! Japan had enough chances in open play as well to have won this game.
Pakistan look good in the other pool. If we give away this many PCs to them, they will covert 3-4 at least as their drag flicker is Sufyan Khan, who is the senior team's main PC taker and World Junior Player of the Year.
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Pool games finished yesterday. We will play Malaysia in one semifinal and Pakistan play Japan in the other. Apart from India, Pakistan and Japan, the field is weak. Malaysia struggled against China and Bangladesh. Korea were surprisingly poor. We beat them 8-1 yesterday. It should have been double figures as we missed several chances and again failed to win PCs when a clear shot at goal was not possible. However, this was our most impressive performance so far.
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What is the age limit for this tournament?
The Pakistan PC expert Sufyan Khan looks like a fully grown man in his pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/ptvsports_off ... JtJMupUpK/
The Pakistan PC expert Sufyan Khan looks like a fully grown man in his pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/ptvsports_off ... JtJMupUpK/
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Same for the U-19 cricket Asia cup going on right now. But, I’m not sure other subcontinent Asian countries are any better, including India. That’s why I’ve been VERY skeptical about translating junior performance into senior potential for subcontinental Asians in general.
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Sufyan Khan is listed as aged 19 for this tournament, but was 20 yrs old for the recent senior team at the Asian Champions Trophy!by arjun2761 » Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:38 pm
What is the age limit for this tournament?
The Pakistan PC expert Sufyan Khan looks like a fully grown man in his pictures.
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3rd PC given away for not retreating 5m. These guys are comical. At the other end, so many misses and poor decision making means we have had 1 PC only. Now a runner broke too early. So only 3 defenders. We survive.
We need another 2-3 goals to guard against the lunacy at the back.
1-0 to us after 23 mins
Half time and it's still 1-0. We should be 3 goals up by now. We have had 1 PC and conceded 3 (all to 5m rule infringements). Gurjot has lost the ball every single time when in a good position. Composure in both Ds is at it's usual Indian level. Tackling is awful all over the pitch. Every 60/40 tackle results in a foul given away.
Malaysia only has to throw an aerial near our D and there's a great chance of a PC.
Q3 going even worse. 4th PC due to the 5m rule again. Lucky escape. Same silly tackles and mis traps continuing. Now we've added silly passes to our repertoire
Now we've added a yellow due to another crazy tackle when we were under no threat.
At last we win a PC and Rohit converts. So many times we could have earned a PC, but our forwards chose to do something crazy or just lose possession. Into Q4 and with a 2 goal lead hopefully, we can cut out the silly errors.
3-1 with 3 mins left. We gave away a PC and then a stroke due to awful tackling. At the other end, we have finally been earning some PCs. However, we have been missing a fair few chances.
Some terrible play by Shardanand Tiwari and we almost concede a 2nd. Shardanand, Manmeet and Gurjot just can not do the basics right. We hold on to win 3-1. This should have been an easy 5-6 goal win. We missed a lot of chances.
On this evidence, I would say Pakistan are slight favourites. They have more skilful forwards and don't make as many stupid mistakes as us. Sadly, apart from Araijit Hundal, none of these U21s seem ready for the senior team.
We need another 2-3 goals to guard against the lunacy at the back.
1-0 to us after 23 mins
Half time and it's still 1-0. We should be 3 goals up by now. We have had 1 PC and conceded 3 (all to 5m rule infringements). Gurjot has lost the ball every single time when in a good position. Composure in both Ds is at it's usual Indian level. Tackling is awful all over the pitch. Every 60/40 tackle results in a foul given away.
Malaysia only has to throw an aerial near our D and there's a great chance of a PC.
Q3 going even worse. 4th PC due to the 5m rule again. Lucky escape. Same silly tackles and mis traps continuing. Now we've added silly passes to our repertoire
Now we've added a yellow due to another crazy tackle when we were under no threat.
At last we win a PC and Rohit converts. So many times we could have earned a PC, but our forwards chose to do something crazy or just lose possession. Into Q4 and with a 2 goal lead hopefully, we can cut out the silly errors.
3-1 with 3 mins left. We gave away a PC and then a stroke due to awful tackling. At the other end, we have finally been earning some PCs. However, we have been missing a fair few chances.
Some terrible play by Shardanand Tiwari and we almost concede a 2nd. Shardanand, Manmeet and Gurjot just can not do the basics right. We hold on to win 3-1. This should have been an easy 5-6 goal win. We missed a lot of chances.
On this evidence, I would say Pakistan are slight favourites. They have more skilful forwards and don't make as many stupid mistakes as us. Sadly, apart from Araijit Hundal, none of these U21s seem ready for the senior team.