5 reasons why Harendra Singh as the men's coach is a golden opportunity for Indian hockey

#4 The trendsetter for Indian field hockey

Harendra Singh has been modifying the Indian way of attacking hockey

For a man who could never go beyond the Beijing Asian Games 1990 as a player, where India lost to Pakistan 2-3, Singh has been a trendsetter for Indian field hockey.

When most of the coaches in the Indian team did not bother adapting to the modern conditions, Harendra took the tech route, focusing on modifying the Indian way of attacking hockey, when others tried mindlessly aping the European style.

This is why he struck gold in his very first official assignment when India won the Azlan Shah Cup in 2009 after a whopping 14 years.

Even when he was demoted to the position of assistant coach, he ably assisted the then coach Jose Brasa in earning India a respectable finish in the 2010 Hockey World Cup, a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and another Azlan Shah Cup in 2010.