ANTWERP, June 26:
Preparing to take on World Cup silver medallists Australia in a preliminary league match, the Indian women’s hockey team is feeling the absence of a good drag-flicker for penalty corners at the World League Semifinals.
India’s penalty corners lack the potential that drag flickers provide. The team is dependent on set-piece variations beside a powerful smash that seeks to find a leeway into the rival citadel.
A powerful drive got India one of their three goals against Poland, while a set-piece came close to India equalising in their 0-1 loss to hosts Belgium in the opening fixture. The set-piece attempt by captain Ritu Rani was scooped away from the goal-line by a diving defender.
“We don’t have a drag-flicker for penalty corners, but we have other skills to pose danger to the rival goal,” says coach Mathias Ahrens (PTI)
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