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Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh said they are working on keeping themselves mentally and physically fresh ahead of “back-to-back events”.
India men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Wednesday said adding yoga to his weekly routine has done wonders as the ancient practice was helping him focus better and improve flexibility.
“Since it is going to be a tough year with back-to-back incidents, we are working on keeping ourselves fresh both mentally and physically.
Harmanpreet said, “Yoga has been included in our weekly routine and it has helped a lot in channelizing our focus and has worked well for our flexibility as well.” Pro League.
The Indian team is currently preparing for the European leg of the Pro League under the newly appointed head coach of South Africa, Craig Fulton.
“Saturday morning we had our first meeting with new head coach Craig Fulton. He brings a lot of energy to each session and we have a well structured plan for this year,” said Harmanpreet.
After doing well in the domestic games of the Pro League, we have good momentum now. The idea is to go into the European stage with the same confidence.”
India will play Belgium and Great Britain in the Pro League starting in London later this month before traveling to Eindhoven to face Argentina and hosts Netherlands in June.
After the Pro League, India will host the seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai from August 3 to 12, a precursor to the Hangzhou Asian Games in September.
“It will be a very exciting experience not only for us but also for the audience. I am hopeful that all the hockey fans will come again in large numbers to watch us play against some of our top rivals in the Asian continent,” said Harmanpreet.
After returning from the Pro League, we will have a good 45 days to prepare for the Asian Champions Trophy. A good performance at home in the Asian Champions Trophy will definitely set us up to do well in the Asian Games.”
India won the Asian Champions Trophy in the inaugural edition in 2011 and then defeated Pakistan in the final in 2016 to win the title again.
In the following edition in 2018, India were joint winners with Pakistan after rain played spoilsport in Muscat.
In the previous edition in Dhaka in 2021, India had won bronze.
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