"Indians have the potential to perform and deliver better if they attain quality in their fitness level and skills and teamwork," Charlesworth, who watching the ongoing Premier Hockey League here, said.

Describing PHL as a "competitive league", he said such an endeavour by the Indian Hockey Federation was helping players improve their performance and work hard on their weak points.

"PHL is a good opportunity for Indian hockey to learn," he said adding "the league is a combination of skills of Indian as well as foreign players."

Charlesworth said he was appointed director of the Centre of Excellency to be run by the sports department of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.