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As a hockey player I thought I would take the opportunity to watch some of the Sky coverage of the Champions Trophy and the National League Indoor finals over the last few days.  What a disappointment!  I perhaps picked the wrong Champions Trophy Match to watch, (Germany vs Spain).  Not only was the quality of play poor, but the coverage was not much better.  The games rules are changed on a regular basis, some to make it safer but others to make the game more of a specator sport.  However, unless they find a commentator with a little more pezazz and a way of allowing the cameras to keep up with play they may as well scrap the coverage as it will do more harm than good.  If I had never watched a game I would never watch another having seen the coverage.

The final of the mens indoor final showed a lot more quality and was a more exciting spectacle, and is easier to cover as one camera covers the pitch. BUT why oh why were they conducting pitch side interviews, while the game was being played?  This resulted in one goal being missed while they were focussing on the coach, who really didn’t have that much to say to be honest as he was trying to watch the game and coach (funnily enough).  Come on guys.  It’s all very well trying to be innovative, but think about please!