to upset their preparation the fih added in its reply to timesofindiacom therefore the asian champions trophy is not a competition that we would expect to be used for a trial of new ruleswe have offered all continental federations and national associations the opportunity to trial the new rules over the next 12 months the choice of which competition or tournament they wish to use the trial rule in is up to them the governing body of world hockey further saidkindly rethinkwhile there has been no official reaction in favour of or against the proposed rulechange and its trial by most national federations including hockey india so far england hockey issued a statement saying that they will consider it but wont trial it in the ongoing league season in the countryengland hockey is aware of information from the fih being circulated regarding a trial for rule changes to penalty cornersengland hockey will consider activity where trials might be possible but to confirm that these are not mandatory and will not apply to league hockey in england in 202324 the statement readformer pakistan goalkeeper salman akbar meanwhile urged the fih to rethinkwriting on his facebook page the 2010 asian games gold medallist mentioned international hockey federation fih fih academy kindly rethink this will limit the influence of goalkeepers in winning tournaments dragflick is an art and has equal influence in winning tournaments eliminating this battle between pc defence and attack will not bring any attraction or benefit to this beautiful sportakbar comes from the era of hockey that saw one of the greatest exponents of dragflicks the legendary sohail abbas who terrorized rushers and goalkeepers in pcs with his unmatched skills and conversion ratesohail scored an astonishing 348 goals in his careerthe story behind the changes in pc rulesthe idea to introduce a change in penaltycorner rules was first floated in may last year when the fih launched a global consultation progamme called the future of penalty corner inviting the sports various stakeholders to participate and give their views on how players safety can be enhanced during pcsi had over 4300 responses from around the world mainly from players but there were some coaches some officials and other umpires who got involved jon wyatt the fih sport and development director had told timesofindiacom during the mens world cup held in odisha earlier this yearwyatt also recognised the possibility of dragflick opportunities being minimised if and when the new set of rules become part of the fih rule bookthe challenge with that one is that does it still give the opportunity for a dragflick because the ball has to go that further out the teams will then have to find a way of getting the ball back into the circle or near the circle wyatt had saidin the 5m out document circulated by fih the federation mentioned that one of the things to test during the trial phase will be to see if 5 defenders give the right level of overload to