Indian ladies’s hockey vice-captain Deep Grace Ekka on Tuesday stated the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games bronze medal is a factor of the previous now and the crew is focussing on profitable this 12 months’s FIH Nations Cup, a qualifier for subsequent season’s Professional League.
India, Canada, Eire, Italy, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and hosts Spain are the eight collaborating groups within the Nations Cup to be held in Valencia from December 10 to 17.
The winner of the match will immediately qualify for subsequent season’s FIH Professional League.
“We did effectively in Birmingham, however now that may be a closed chapter. We've had a very good break and now we've got to get again to work. I'm certain chief coach Janneke Schopman will assess our earlier efficiency and plan the upcoming days in camp accordingly,” Ekka stated in a Hockey India launch.
“We've to do effectively in Spain within the FIH Ladies’s Hockey Nations Cup, and for that the preparation begins from right this moment. It gained’t be simple however coaching laborious and doing the correct issues repeatedly throughout our periods is the one factor we will do,” she defined.
“Our goal in Spain might be to progress to the FIH Hockey Ladies’s Professional League and for that we've got to win the Nations Cup. Our goal is in entrance of us, now it’s as much as us to verify we construct within the right course.” The Indian ladies had completed a creditable third of their debut FIH Professional League outing in 2021-22 season.
The defender, a veteran of 240 caps, nevertheless, stated the rostrum end in Birmingham will do wonders in lifting the arrogance of the crew.
“We'd have appreciated to play the ultimate in Birmingham for certain, however profitable bronze was an enormous achievement for us. Standing on the rostrum is a second we'll always remember. It’s an enormous morale booster for the complete crew.”
The Indian ladies’s crew on Tuesday assembled for a protracted preparatory camp on the SAI centre in Bengaluru after having fun with a very good break following a profitable outing in Birmingham.
