Peek Commonwealth Games: Day One

Searching at the hockey groups warm up you catch a sense of their skill stage as they retain the ball in possession drills in tight areas. Every refined movement stands out as they work the ball out of impossibly tight areas.

South Africa (pictured) score all of it to complete in opposition to England, who boast eight reigning Olympic champions in their squad.

One of them, Alex Danson, has been talking about how key it is England summon the Crew GB gold-medal successful spirit from 2016.

She talked about: “We had been such a crew. There had been no superstars. We won gold thanks to 31 pushed people in our squad and a few mountainous strengthen workforce. There turned into no magic recipe.”

Salvage that magic spirit and this needs to be easy as England – ranked two – pick on the sphere amount 14 aspect.