New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Hockey India on Friday introduced that Rhett Halkett and Alan Tan will be a part of the assist workers of the Indian males’s hockey group of their new roles as Analytical Coach and Scientific Advisor respectively.
The Governing Body of Hockey in India has earlier introduced Craig Fulton as the brand new Chief Coach for the boys’s hockey group.
Hockey India additionally introduced that former Japan ladies’s hockey group head coach Anthony Farry will fill within the place of Analytical Coach of the Indian ladies’s hockey group.
Rhett, a former South African worldwide, amassed 155 worldwide caps between 2010 and 2018. In 2020, Rhett went on to hitch the Netherlands ladies’s hockey group because the Assistant Coach. In his one-year tenure, he was a part of the assist workers through the FIH Women’s Pro League 2020-21, European Championships and Tokyo Olympics. In 2022 Rhett took over the position of Assistant Coach for the Scotland Men’s Hockey Team and likewise led Scotland U-21 Men’s Hockey Team because the Head Coach.
Alan Tan comes with over 10.5 years of expertise working because the Strength and Conditioning Coach on the NSW Institute of Sport from January 2011 and September 2021. He additionally went on to take over the position of National Development Squad Program Manager at Wheelchair Rugby Australia from August 2021 to March 2023. Alan labored as a Laboratory tutor and unit assessor marker for Bachelor Exercise and Sport Science on the University of Technology, Sydney from September 2021 to March 2023, earlier than taking on as Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach for Tennis Australia on the Sydney Training Centre from November 2022 to March 2023.
While, Anthony Farry taking up the position of the Indian group’s Analytical Coach is backed by a three-year stint because the Assistant Coach for Hockey Australia between December 2008 and 2011. He got here into the limelight throughout his tenure as Canada Men’s Hockey Team Head Coach and High-Performance Director between August 2011 and February 2017, with Canada efficiently qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games via the World League qualification system, for the primary time in historical past.
He additionally helped Canada U-21 Men’s Hockey Team qualify for 2 consecutive editions of the Junior World Cups. Farry additionally went on to steer Japan ladies’s hockey group as the pinnacle coach and High-Performance Director between February 2017 and August 2020. Under his steerage, Japan received their first Gold Medal within the Asian Games in 2018. Farry took over the position of USA ladies’s hockey group Head Coach and High-Performance Director between August 2020 to April 2022.
“We welcome the new coaching staff for the Indian Men and Women’s Team. On behalf of Hockey India, I thank Sports Authority of India for processing their appointments on an immediate basis and appreciate their continued support in preparing the Indian teams for the upcoming Asian Games in China in 2023. I wish Rhett Halkett, Alan Tan and Anthony Farry the very best in their new roles,” said Dilip Tirkey, President Hockey India in an official assertion launched by Hockey India. (ANI)