Hockey India Appoints Herman Kruis To Oversee Preparations Ahead Of Junior World Cup 2023

New Delhi
Hockey India on Tuesday announced the appointment of Herman Kruis, from the Netherlands with over two decades of coaching experience, as coach of Indian men and junior women’s hockey teams. During his stint in India, he will oversee the preparations of Indian junior men and women’s teams ahead of the all-important FIH Men’s Junior hockey World Cup 2023 in Malaysia and Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2023 in Santiago respectively later this year. In his vast coaching experience, Kruis has worked with Den Bosch ladies a club based out of Netherlands as their head coach and during his tenure the team won the European Cup eight times in a row. He was also the national head coach for Netherlands indoor women’s hockey team between 2006 to 2008 and he was also the national head coach for Netherlands outdoor team between 2008 to 2010. In his most recent stint, he was the national head coach of Belarus indoor and outdoor team from 2016 to August 2023. Kruis is a certified FIH coach-Educator. Hockey India is delighted to welcome distinguished senior coach Herman Kruis to our national program for the junior teams. He will oversee the ongoing preparations of the junior men and women’s teams and I believe his experience will further boost our prospects at the FIH Junior hockey World Cup 2023. He will be working closely with Tushar Khandker to coach India junior women’s side and CR Kumar Coach India Junior Men’s side, said Hockey India president Padma, Dr Dilip Tirkey.