A number of former Indian international players have enrolled for the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course 2021, the Hockey India (HI) said in a statement on Saturday.
The players include former greats like AB Subbaiah (Arjuna Awardee), Sabu Varkey (Olympian), Davinder Kumar (1998 Senior World Cup), Virender Singh (1997 Junior World Cup Silver Medalist), Dipika Murty (2006 World Cup) and Deepika (Arjuna Awardee, Olympian).
The first phase of the course, which had started on January 29, will run till February 1 in New Delhi. Later it will be conducted in Bhubaneswar from February 3 to 6.
“This the first Coaching Course being conducted on-ground since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March last year. Each of the candidates undertaking the course has to submit a negative Covid RT-PCR test report with the test taken within 72 hours of arrival at the venue of the course,” HI said in a statement.
Significantly, only those candidates, who have successfully passed the HI’s Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course, have been eligible to take part in the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course 2021.