Indian men’s hockey team coach Graham Reid today said they need to be “consistent across matches and in all quarters” if they are to stake a claim for a podium at the Tokyo Olympics.

Reid was happy with his team’s performance in the recently concluded FIH Pro League matches against the Netherlands, world champions Belgium and Australia.

“One of the takeaways from the FIH Hockey Pro League was that we have proven that we can produce good results against the best in the world. It’s a step forward in building self-belief,” he said. “Also it shows that the things we have been focusing on is working. But we still need to be more consistent not only across matches but also across all quarters,” expressed Reid.

Hockey India today named a 32-member core probable group for the men’s national camp which begins at the Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru on Monday. The coach minced no words in expressing that the camp will be a good foundation ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

“The 4-week camp will bring focus back on our skill tackling, goal shooting, trapping. We also need to work on other attacking abilities, especially to move the ball from attacking 25 into the circle.