Basically INDIA is a Strongest TEAM in the WORLD HOCKEY during the Yearly 20th CENTURY we got 8 GOLD MEDALS it is sorry to say that We have not qualified for the 2008 OLYMPICS instead of Selecting people from those who are playing at the National level the OLYMPIC selection team for EACH DISTRICT of a STATE under there HEAD A TEAM has to go to the Various places of the DISTRICT and have to select people and create a team from them and conduct DISTRICT level matches from them select a TEAM to Represent There DISTRICT and from them Select the Best players to represent the STATE and from there we can SELECT the TEAM for INDIA which will be the BEST which can get Another GOLD for INDIA.