Need to work on execution and keep away from conceding tender objectives: Indian hockey gamers forward of Germany Pro League tie

India might want to work on their execution expertise and eliminate the behavior of conceding tender objectives so as to style success in a busy calendar yr, that features the Commonwealth Games and the Asiad, stated Tokyo Olympic bronze medal-winning hockey gamers Shamsher Singh and Hardik Singh.

Eight-time champions India rewrote historical past on the Tokyo Games final yr by successful an Olympic hockey medal after 41 years, defeating Germany 5-4 within the bronze medal contest. But since then it has been a combined bag for the Manpreet Singh-led aspect because it didn’t defend its Asian Champions Trophy title in Dhaka after which slumped to 2-5 and 3-5 defeats by the hands of lower-ranked sides — France and Spain — within the FIH Pro League.

“Tactically, we played better than our first match against Spain in the last game. They scored some easy goals and we failed to avail our chances,” striker Shamsher stated in a digital press convention on Friday.

“We played well in al those matches, our speed was good, we also made comebacks, but conceded easy goals…We need to work on execution a bit more.”

My father has put in lot of effort to assist me attain Indian group: ladies’s hockey participant Navneet Kaur

A member of the Indian ladies’s hockey group which claimed a historic fourth-place end on the Tokyo Olympics, ahead Navneet Kaur says it was the relentless efforts of her father which helped her to play for the nationwide group.

“I always had a great interest in sports since my childhood. My father wanted me to be a cricketer, but there was no cricket in my hometown – Shahabad,” Navneet stated in ‘Hockey Te Charcha’ — a podcast sequence initiated by Hockey India.

“There was a college in entrance of my home the place hockey was performed and that’s the place I began taking part in the game.

“My father, who used to work in a TV repairing shop, has put in a lot of effort to help me reach the Indian team.”

The 26-year-old from Haryana had scored a late objective to assist India beat Ireland 1-0 within the group stage and hold their hopes alive for a spot within the quarterfinals at Olympics final yr.