<p>Indian captain Sardar Singh agrees with Australian Ric Charlesworth that the eight-time Olympic champions need a top foreign coach to meet the demands of modern hockey.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hockey India (HI) has started its search for a foreign coach to replace Michael Nobbs, who was sacked last week for non-performance. <br /><br />Charlesworth, who had a brief coaching stint with the Indian team in 2008, had said the country’s coaches were not good enough to meet the demands of modern hockey.<br />India’s high performance director and Dutch legend Roelant Oltmans is currently in charge of the team while Olympic gold medallist Maharaj Kishan Kaushik has been named the national coach.<br /><br />Sardar welcomed the appointment of Kaushik but said the need of the hour is a reputed foreign coach.<br /><br />“Kaushik is one of the best Indian coaches we have and along with Oltmans, the team should go in the right direction. In the long run, I feel we need someone like Oltmans to take the team forward,” Sardar told IANS ahead of the training camp beginning July 16 for the Asia Cup next month.<br /><br />Asked about his experience with Nobbs, Sardar said the team learnt a lot under Nobbs even though the results were not up to the mark.<br /><br />“He was a good coach. You could really be open with him. He treated everyone the same and was strict with both younger and senior players. One could talk to him as a coach, as a friend. I had spoken to him some time ago and he told me he was making up his mind on returning to India after a break,” said the 26-year-old. <br /><br />Under Nobbs, the team lost all its matches during the 2012 London Olympics and finished a disappointing last among the 12 competing teams. Last month, India were sixth out of eight teams in the FIH World League Round 3 tournament in Rotterdam.</p>
<p>Indian captain Sardar Singh agrees with Australian Ric Charlesworth that the eight-time Olympic champions need a top foreign coach to meet the demands of modern hockey.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hockey India (HI) has started its search for a foreign coach to replace Michael Nobbs, who was sacked last week for non-performance. <br /><br />Charlesworth, who had a brief coaching stint with the Indian team in 2008, had said the country’s coaches were not good enough to meet the demands of modern hockey.<br />India’s high performance director and Dutch legend Roelant Oltmans is currently in charge of the team while Olympic gold medallist Maharaj Kishan Kaushik has been named the national coach.<br /><br />Sardar welcomed the appointment of Kaushik but said the need of the hour is a reputed foreign coach.<br /><br />“Kaushik is one of the best Indian coaches we have and along with Oltmans, the team should go in the right direction. In the long run, I feel we need someone like Oltmans to take the team forward,” Sardar told IANS ahead of the training camp beginning July 16 for the Asia Cup next month.<br /><br />Asked about his experience with Nobbs, Sardar said the team learnt a lot under Nobbs even though the results were not up to the mark.<br /><br />“He was a good coach. You could really be open with him. He treated everyone the same and was strict with both younger and senior players. One could talk to him as a coach, as a friend. I had spoken to him some time ago and he told me he was making up his mind on returning to India after a break,” said the 26-year-old. <br /><br />Under Nobbs, the team lost all its matches during the 2012 London Olympics and finished a disappointing last among the 12 competing teams. Last month, India were sixth out of eight teams in the FIH World League Round 3 tournament in Rotterdam.</p>