Seventy minutes of intense play defines the game of legacy that carries the pride of India forward. Being the brutal force once, Hockey has turned out to be a huge set back in the present days. The stunning emergence of cricket turning out to be the money maker with loads of adulterates like IPL has managed to push the national game to a corner thus poisoning the minds of sports lovers. The fact that our national game is not even screened in our channels is a shame to the game of reflexes. There is a very narrow line of demarcation between the emotion of winning and losing, and a perfect sportsman stays unmoved when tormented by the opposition. The opposition to our hockey team is not the countries who play against them, but our media who has failed to support the game.Sweat till you succeed, if not stand up and praise the opponent has always been our intact ideology. We play to learn and when accoutered with a thunderous chance we grab and fight. We have had our share of players in all extremities.
Sardara Singh,a player who could integrate mindsets when attacking and deliberately grab the ball single handedly is an asset to our hockey team and his stamina is unmatched and applauded by many. V.R Raghunath,being our fittest penalty corner specialists has enthralled the spectators with his flabbergasting strikes leaving the opponents in disguise and has been one of the clever operators of the game. Gubraj Singh and Gurwindar Singh Chandi’s tackling ability excels and questions many professionals in the sport that desires intense reflexes and creative gameplays. Defending is an intelligent fortress in Hockey and Vickram Kanth, is a defender whose stick spins through the game plan of the opponent and wrecks the technique and uniqueness of the opposition striker.Hockey is a spectator’s sport and our supremacy in the game of crowd years before remained a disappointment to the strongest of oppositions. Our team has managed to instill fear in the opponent’s heart and have been an obvious limelight in the history of our game for the unity they cynosure. The missing factor as of now is the support and the amount of money that is being spent in the game. If we provide the hockey team with proper sponsors and good amount of support through media, once again our national game would earn the pride that it possessed before. The reflexes that the government takes in order to intensify the changes is a vital factor in bringing forward the lost interest towards the game, Hockey.
