The Indian women’s hockey team achieved a significant milestone by clinching the FIH Nations Cup over the weekend, marking a pivotal moment in their journey back to elite competition. This victory, however, is viewed by coach Sjoerd Marijne as just one step in a longer process aimed at establishing the team as a regular contender at the highest level of international hockey.
Key Factors
We played a World Cup qualifier, we achieved our goal and qualified but we lost the final to England. You have to learn from things that don’t go well; like not winning that final. I think the team reached a higher level (in Nations Cup) than that final. “You always want to improve in every area. If I talk about this tournament, it’s mainly converting our chances into goals.
“Like I told the girls, it’s important to learn also to win. We create enough opportunities but we don’t make enough field goals, that’s something we need to keep working on,” he said. And I was happy with that,” Marijne admitted during an interaction with select media on Wednesday.
