Graham Reid News

Reid's successful outing as Chief Coach with the team includes the FIH Series Final title victory in 2019, subsequently the team broke no sweat in making the qualification for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 when they won the Qualifiers in Bhubaneswar back in 2019.

India men's hockey team head coach Graham Reid has said that it was the lack of mental conditioning coach that led to India's poor show in Hockey World Cup and he took responsibility for not asking for one earlier

The thumping loss also reminded of India's 1-7 thrashing by the world number one side in their pool match at the Tokyo Olympics last year, and Reid said perhaps they were intimidated by the atmosphere. The margin would have been worse had it it not been for veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.

The players had assembled for the camp after competing at the FIH Hockey Pro League double-headers against Belgium and the Netherlands. The camp is set to conclude on July 23 ahead of the team's departure for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

After a solid 1-0 win against Belgium in the quarter-final match of FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021, defending champions India will take on Germany in the semi-finals on Friday at the iconic Kalinga Stadium.

India made two good saves in the initial minutes of the first quarter while defending back-to-back penalty corners.

Reid will soon join the national side for the ongoing senior men`s national camp, which was scheduled to begin from Monday at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.

A livewire during his playing days, Shivendra will exclusively work with the strikers and form an integral part of the Indian coaching staff set to be headed by Australian Graham Reid.

Australian hockey team arrived in India for a three-match Test series and Hockey World League Final.