Player, coach, umpire: You Hyo-Sik is up for every challenge
The HinduAcross sports, worldwide, players often graduate to coaching or managerial roles as they try to stay involved with what they know best. Having stopped playing after the 2014 Asian Games – where Korea finished third – You turned to coaching, a natural progression for the son of Young Chae You, who coached the Korean women’s team to two successive Olympic silver medals in 1992 and 1996. While he didn’t play the 2007 Asia Cup – he broke his feet two weeks before the tournament – You has been part of the defunct Premier Hockey League in 2007-08 and counts Tushar Khandker, Arjun Halappa, VS Vinaya and Shivendra Singh among his friends. “But I also try to understand the player and his interpretation of what he may be trying to do – sometimes, they already know they have committed a foul and I also know that they know, so I say ‘no comments’. Indian players easily put their hands up and accept the umpire’s decision so I really like that.” Despite his son preferring baseball – ‘he says hockey is scary, maybe I will convince him to play some years later like my father did with me’ – You prefers to train back home and is open to playing the Masters tournament at some point.
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