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FIH-INTERESTING TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT ATHENS OLYMPIC COACHING CONFERENCE  x3
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August 16, 2004 
Sardar Khan
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From Sardar Khan in Athens
The FIH Development and Coaching Committee (DCC) has finalized some interesting and informative topics to be discussed and addressed at the forthcoming FIH Olympic Games Coaching Conference scheduled to be held on 26 August, 2004 during the Athens Olympic Games.
According to Tayyab Ikram, the FIH Master Coach and Coaching manager, the topics and speakers have been finalized whereby FIH Master Coach Horst Wein has been entrusted the task to Address the topic of DEVELOPING GAME INTELLIGENCE IN HOCKEY A NEED FOR ACHIEVING TOP PERFORMANCES ,
The tactical topics of Dealing with Pressure & new approach and unit defense execution will be taken care of by Tayyab Ikram. Mike Hamilton, the FIH Grade I Coach and renowned Performance director from GB, will analyze the Turn overs in the game of hockey whileThomas Tichelmen, the FIH Grade I Coach and a specialist in Development Area of coaching, will elaborate on Disadvantages Habits and Evolution in hockeyThe FIH Master coaches who are participating in the Athens Games will contribute mainly focusing on their recent experience and observation from Athens games.
The FIH Olympic Games Coaching Conference is scheduled to be held as per below given program and various options are available for registration in order to accommodate the maximum number of participants. So much so that the registration can be done even at the venue for the late arrivals.
Schedule
Date: 26th August 2004, from 11.30 until 13.30, followed by a lunch break, and resumes at 14.00 until 16.00 hrs.
Venue: At the Conference hall of Best Western Fenix Hotel, 1 3, Artemisiou Street, GR-166-75 Glydafa Athens, Greece.Telephone: +30-1-89.81.225 Telefax: +30-1-89.49.122, E-mail: sales@fenix-gr
Registration options: Registration fee Euro15 should be paid in full either on 25th or 26th of August 2004 in Athens. After 21st of August 2004, registration in Athens. Contact Mr. Tayyab Ikram, FIH Coaching Manager , or Ms. Claire Chandlier at FIH offices at Hockey venues or at the Fenix Hotel. On 25th August 2004, from 14.00 to 17.00, there will be special arrangements for registration at Fenix hotel. Registration on the morning of event on 26th August from 09.00 am.
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Bitter outsider
08-17-2004 8:24 am
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Renowned????!!!!
Renowned for NOT directing any performance - for manipulating a position where he became England and then GB coach - and then his complete lack of ability and knowledge was found out by the players and they disliked his leadership so much they got him sacked! Now he has managed to get in another cushy position with the FIH - I wonder when people will see through that as well? 30 million pounds spent on England hockey since 1997 and the ladies ranking has gone from top 4 to 11 (just), and the mens has fluctuated between 6 to 10 - renowned performance director - yeah right. I wonder how England and GBs budget spent on hockey compares with the other top nations since 1997? Does anyone know how much the Aussies, Koreans, Germans, Dutch spend? Apparently Germany have 2 full time staff, a mens and a ladies coach - England have a cast of thousands - all wandering around with tracksuits, evaluations forms and computers - but know sweet nothing about systems, tactics and technique.... renowned performance director?!
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Philosopher
08-18-2004 7:08 am
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Performance directors
It is clear that if England and GB are to move forward, they have to get rid of Hamilton. Not that it will happen, of course, because his one skill has been in appointing himself to a job-for-life - and how the boards of World Class Hockey, GB and Sport England have allowed that to happen is an absolute disgrace. Do you think Bill Sweetenham has a job for life or will be unaccountable for how the swimmers perform?
Hamilton's lectures at the coaching course should be on "how to get away with it" and it would surely be a masterclass.
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at
09-08-2004 10:16 pm
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Many bits and pieces
I find it quite amazing that as a particpant of 2 High performance coaching course where FIH officials have promised to deliver various items after the event that i am still waiting for them to deliver. One of those course was in 2002 and the other was 2003. I find the courses are unprofessional and they border on a waste of time. i certainly did receive some value from the courses i went on only to the extent that i was able to discuss hockey issues with other coaches outside of the strutured classroom environment.
it is appalling bias from FIH officials that there is a continual focus on Pakistan Hockey and their development as they are "previous Olympic Gold medal winners" . There are othercountries that are previous gold medal winners as well such as India, Great Brittain, New Zealand, why does the FIH not put a lot of effort in to help them out?
Whle i am have a bit of a complaint session why do people complain that in Oceania Australia only has to beat NZ to qualify for the Olympics. Well last time i checked the Aussie men have not been out of the top 4 in the world for many years, in fact it would be decades. Currently NZ ranked 6 and Australia 1 in the Olympics. Asia has many more teams than Oceania but ther best ranked in 5th at the olympics. So for any team in Asia to qualify they would have to beat the 5th ranked team. This is substantially easier than having to beat the best team in the World to Qualify..........
How about the FIH provide some resources to India, NZ, GB to assist them to be better hockey nations.
By the way it is interesting to note from the Olympics that there are 4 countries where the men and women are both in the top 6 Australia, Holland, Germany and NZ. there are 2 other teams that had both the men and women competing Spain and Sth Africa. so what is that telling us? where does develpment money need to be spent???????????
my last point, i wish people in England/GB would stop complaining about Mike Hamilton. The rest of the world does not care...............................why would we????
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