Will Power
When Sjoerd Marijne was appointed the chief coach of the Indian women's team in 2017, India were laggards in world hockey, and the players were treated as second-class citizens. Four-and-a-half years later--despite his see-sawing stint as the coach--Marijne turned the team's fortunes around and made them a force to be reckoned with, globally.
With the refreshing candour of an outsider, the Dutchman takes a deep dive into the dark side of Indian sports-hockey, in particular-and reveals how bureaucracy, sexism, favouritism and the players' struggles with poverty, mental and physical health, affect the team. He also writes about dealing with setbacks, building team chemistry, creating a high-performance culture and harbouring a winning mentality.
Will Power is a moving tale about a team with zero self-belief, and its quest to rise from the pits and go head-to-head against some of the best teams in the world in the greatest sporting event of all-the Olympics.
When Sjoerd Marijne was appointed the chief coach of the Indian women's team in 2017, India were laggards in world hockey, and the players were treated as second-class citizens. Four-and-a-half years later--despite his see-sawing stint as the coach--Marijne turned the team's fortunes around and made them a force to be reckoned with, globally.
With the refreshing candour of an outsider, the Dutchman takes a deep dive into the dark side of Indian sports-hockey, in particular-and reveals how bureaucracy, sexism, favouritism and the players' struggles with poverty, mental and physical health, affect the team. He also writes about dealing with setbacks, building team chemistry, creating a high-performance culture and harbouring a winning mentality.
Will Power is a moving tale about a team with zero self-belief, and its quest to rise from the pits and go head-to-head against some of the best teams in the world in the greatest sporting event of all-the Olympics.
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When Sjoerd Marijne was appointed the chief coach of the Indian women's team in 2017, India were laggards in world hockey, and the players were treated as second-class citizens. Four-and-a-half years later--despite his see-sawing stint as the coach--Marijne turned the team's fortunes around and made them a force to be reckoned with, globally.
With the refreshing candour of an outsider, the Dutchman takes a deep dive into the dark side of Indian sports-hockey, in particular-and reveals how bureaucracy, sexism, favouritism and the players' struggles with poverty, mental and physical health, affect the team. He also writes about dealing with setbacks, building team chemistry, creating a high-performance culture and harbouring a winning mentality.
Will Power is a moving tale about a team with zero self-belief, and its quest to rise from the pits and go head-to-head against some of the best teams in the world in the greatest sporting event of all-the Olympics.
