India males’s hockey group defender Surender Kumar has warned there can be no straightforward matches when the Commonwealth Video games begin in Birmingham on July 28, including that his facet will plan for one sport at a time, beginning with the opener towards Ghana.The 28-year-old defender added the group has been coaching on the SAI Centre in Bengaluru with give attention to bodily health.
“Our coaching classes are nonetheless happening. Our focus has been primarily on health, and we’ve got been working rather a lot on this facet of the sport. We’ve got labored on getting stronger in different areas as nicely, particularly in defence,” stated Surender.
India are positioned in Pool B together with England, Canada, Wales, and Ghana on the Commonwealth Video games. They are going to be opening their marketing campaign towards Ghana on July 31. Surender stated that the group won’t be taking any groups frivolously and can go game-by-game.
“We aren’t taking any match frivolously. Each group will enter the event to win the Gold medal. Our present focus is on the primary sport towards Ghana,” he stated.
“We’ve got been carefully following their footage that we’ve got acquired. Our coaches are planning accordingly and we’ll hope to observe the identical on the match day. There can be no straightforward groups within the event and we’ll go game-by-game,” Surender added.
India completed third on the FIH Males’s Hockey Professional League 2021/22 and Surender believes the expertise of competing towards robust groups within the event will profit India in Birmingham.
“Our goal is to win the Gold medal on the Commonwealth Video games. The remaining will rely on our performances,” Surender stated.
“The matches that we’ve got performed because the Tokyo Olympics 2020 have been fairly good. We’ve got performed towards robust groups and it has actually benefited us. We executed our plans nicely and thus we have been additionally in a position to recognise the areas the place we are able to enhance upon. We’ve got centered on these areas on the camp,” he added.
Surender additionally praised the combo of expertise and youth within the squad and revealed the recommendation the senior gamers have given to kids corresponding to Abhishek and Jugraj Singh.
“We’ve got informed the gamers to not really feel the stress of performing on the Commonwealth Video games, and to take them as regular video games. The coaches and senior gamers have additionally been telling them that they’ve expertise of enjoying towards robust groups and therefore, they’re able to carry out within the competitors,” he added.
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