~The coach elaborates on the event of his facet for upcoming competitions~
Bengaluru, twenty ninth October 2023: Within the newest episode of Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast sequence launched by Hockey India, Indian Junior Males’s Group Coach C R Kumar spoke about their preparations for the continued eleventh Sultan Of Johor Cup 2023 in addition to the upcoming FIH Hockey Males’s Junior World Cup 2023.
The crew is presently in Johor Bahru, giving their greatest on the eleventh Sultan of Johor Cup 2023, which began on twenty seventh October and ends on 4th November. India have been positioned in Pool B together with Malaysia, Pakistan, and New Zealand, whereas Pool A contains Germany, Australia, South Africa, and Nice Britain.
“These gamers are very lucky that we stick with the Senior Males’s Group in SAI Bangalore. We’ve been getting alternatives to play pleasant matches with them and so the boys have firsthand information of the calls for required to play on the highest degree. The distinction between the European groups and the Asian groups is that they make use of tactical hockey and physicality, which we frequently expertise with the Senior Males’s Group as properly, and that prepares our mindset for the worldwide requirements. We all know cope with that now and the gamers have fine-tuned their minds,” C R Kumar make clear the preparations.
The Indian Colts are in an ideal place to defend their title as they arrive into the match after successful the Males’s Junior Asia Cup 2023. Additionally they carried out admirably within the 4 Nations Event U21 Males in Germany lately.
Talking on the expansion of the Indian Junior Males’s Hockey Group, C R Kumar stated, “Creating the junior crew is at all times a protracted course of, the goal is the FIH Hockey Males’s Junior World Cup 2023 and the variety of competitions worldwide that we will take part in are only a few. So, we took it very critically proper from the start. We must always carry out properly on the eleventh Sultan of Johor Cup 2023 and that may take us in the direction of the FIH Hockey Males’s Junior World Cup 2023 in excessive spirits. That is our goal, and everyone is working with the identical intention, and the unwavering focus each single day has made us a formidable facet.”
The squad that has travelled to Malaysia underneath the tutelage of C R Kumar, is led by Captain Uttam Singh and Vice Captain Rajinder Singh. When quizzed in regards to the exclusion of some gamers that featured within the final version, he stated, “We’ve a robust and skilled facet that may function within the eleventh Sultan of Johor Cup 2023. The rationale why we’re leaving some gamers behind is that the World Cup is simply 45 days away from as we speak and peaking twice in a brief interval could be very tough, so we’re leaving a few of our skilled gamers behind. All the opposite gamers are in good condition, and now we have a formidable squad that may take to the pitch in Malaysia.”
The Indian Junior Males’s Hockey Group registered an exciting draw within the opening sport in opposition to Pakistan and recorded a 3-1 victory in opposition to hosts Malaysia on Saturday within the eleventh Sultan of Johor Cup 2023.
“We’re positively engaged on successful the Gold on the eleventh Sultan of Johor Cup 2023 and the FIH Hockey Males’s Junior World Cup 2023 trophy. We may even get to see what the opposite groups who will problem us within the upcoming Junior World Cup and with out giving too a lot of our personal secrets and techniques, we want to check a couple of combos right here. Our hearts are set on bringing the trophies again to India,” C R Kumar asserted.
