Asian Games 2023: Esteemed Australian coach Anthony Farry has been appointed as the analytical coach of the Indian women’s hockey team. For the men’s team, South African Rhett Halkett has been appointed as the analytical coach, Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey announced on Friday. The national federation also announced aditional support staff members for both the teams. Farry has led the Canada men’s team and helped them qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He has also helped Japan’s women team win their maiden Asian Games gold medal in 2018. He will assist head coach Janneke Schopman in his new role. Follow Asian Games 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
#Hockey India announced that #RhettHalkett and #AlanTan will join the support staff of the Indian men’s hockey team in their new roles as analytical coach and scientific advisor respectively. pic.twitter.com/0C6YYXgi1o
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Farry also helped Canada U-21 men’s team qualify for two consecutive editions of the Junior World Cups and was the head coach and High Performance Director of USA women’s side from August 2020 to April 2022.
Besides Farry and Halkett, Hockey India also announced Australian Alan Tan’s appointment as scientific advisor to the national men’s team.
Both Halkett and Tan will be a part of the coaching set up of the men’s team led by newly-appointed chief coach Craig Fulton of South Africa.
Rhett earned 155 international caps between 2010 and 2018 for South Africa. In 2020, he was assistant coach of the Netherlands women’s side before moving to Scotland, where he coached both the senior as well as the U-21 outfits.
Tan, meanwhile, comes with over 10 years of experience working as the strength and conditioning coach at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
Hockey India President on new additions for the preparation of Asian Games 2023
“We welcome the new coaching staff for the Indian men and women teams. 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,” Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said.
