Introspection already carried out, senior Indian girls’s hockey staff midfielder Sushila Chanu on Wednesday mentioned the necessity of the hour is to begin with a recent perspective and work on the gray areas that got here to mild of their final two tournaments.
India completed a disappointing ninth on this 12 months’s FIH Girls’s World Cup in July however bagged their first medal at Commonwealth Video games in 16 years by profitable a bronze in Birmingham.
The Indian girls are at the moment coaching on the nationwide camp right here forward of their subsequent large project -- the inaugural FIH Nations Cup to be held in Valencia, Spain from December 10 to 17.
“We now have had loads of time right here in SAI to introspect on our performances within the earlier tournaments -- FIH Girls’s World Cup and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Video games,” Sushila mentioned in a Hockey India launch.
“We're coaching with a recent perspective now and with deal with areas during which we fell brief throughout these two outings.” Within the Nations Cup, a qualifying event for 2023-24 FIH Professional League, India are positioned in Pool B alongside facet Canada, Japan and South Africa whereas Eire, Italy, Korea and Spain are in Pool A.
The 30-year-old participant from Manipur is a veteran of 220 worldwide caps and was additionally captain of the facet within the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Regardless of being a stalwart, Sushila is aware of it could be an enormous mistake to take her place without any consideration within the facet with a bunch of younger gamers making their presence felt within the pitch of late.
“There are a bunch of kids who're giving their 100 per cent in coaching on daily basis and it's good to see them push us to do effectively too. Actually, as seniors we will’t take our place within the staff without any consideration as we additionally want to indicate that we're within the reckoning to play large tournaments.
“I really feel this inside competitors is nice for the staff and we're transferring in the precise path,” she mentioned.
Sushila additionally emphasised on the significance of health in modern-day hockey.
“Engaged on health and pace has been a precedence for us and it stays our essential focus on this camp as effectively.
“Taking part in with good pace and optimum health stage was our plus level throughout the Olympic Video games, which helped us in getting good outcomes. Health will proceed to be the important thing to our efficiency after we play back-to-back matches in Nations Cup,” she signed off.
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