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Harendra Singh eyes bigger achievements in 2018

India women hockey team coach Harendra Singh says the squad is capable of reaching bigger heights in 2018

By Unnikrishnan
Harendra Singh

Bengaluru, January 2: India women hockey team's chief coach Harendra Singh has set his sights on achieving positive results against higher ranked sides in an "important" 2018 season.

After a two-week break, 33 women players will report for the national camp starting in Bengaluru's Sports Authority of India campus on Wednesday (January 3). The 21-day camp will conclude on January 24.

"It is an extremely important year for us. It was a satisfying 2017 where we ended the year with a career high world ranking of 10, but the team has self-belief of achieving bigger goals.

"The girls know they are capable of doing well against higher ranked teams and getting good results against these teams will be one of our top priorities going into a new season. It is important to play these major tournaments in 2018 with the fittest team," said Harendra.

With important tournaments like Commonwealth Games and Asian Games lined up, 2018 is extremely crucial for Indian hockey.

The Indian girls will take part in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April, fifth women's Asians Champions Trophy in Korea in May where they will defend their title followed by an exposure tour to Spain in June ahead of the women's World Cup in London starting in July and the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta in August which is also an Olympic Qualifying event.

In their previous camp, the team's focus was on improving their strength and fitness, agility and speed apart from skill-driven training.

"It was a gruelling camp and apart from these aspects we also worked on a lot on mental conditioning. In this camp too we will continue with our fitness program along with tactical training," Harendra said.

Story first published: Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 17:20 [IST]
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