Army to give tips to Pakistan hockey team
The team’s fitness will be the centre of attention and help from Army trainers will be sought for the purpose.
The camp will take place at the Army Sports and Physical Training School that lies at an altitude of 1,260 metres.
Coach Khwaja Junaid said the venue was chosen to give players the ‘best possible training’.
“Abbottabad was the best option,” Junaid told The Express Tribune. “The climate in the other cities is different than that in London. This venue is also good because it’s above sea-level and training there increases stamina.”
The coach said that Army trainers will also give tips to the players. “They’ll give some useful advice but we’ll ensure that we don’t put the players under too much pressure.”
PHF mulls over captaincy
Meanwhile, the return of senior players in the preliminary squad has set off a captaincy debate. Sohail Abbas recently led the side in the Azlan Shah Cup and the Europe tour. However, he may be replaced due to the return of Shakeel Abbasi, Mohammad Imran, Rehan Butt and Waseem Ahmed. Junaid confirmed that the captain’s position was open after the seniors’ return.
Meanwhile, Abbasi and Abbas appeared to be strong candidates, according to another official.
“Some people want continuity which will favour Sohail although there’s a difference of opinion in his leadership qualities,” said another official. “But Shakeel is also a strong candidate because he’s the fittest among all the seniors and is an aggressive player.”
Published in The Express Tribune, 25th, 2012.
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em looking 4 pix of Pakistan hockey team players for Olympics 2012 but unfortunately nobody bother to upload or published our hero's pix n e bddy who hv pictures or helps me 2 find a recent photographs of our players plz contact me or send it to me.em really great full 2u. n pray for Pakistan Hockey they hv lots of potential to win GOLD in Olympics.thnx
Beside training of players ,please feed them enough,In recent tournament they looked starved bunch of players and management group looked obsessed with bulging stomachs
@Sonya: While there is no harm as Pakistan Army belongs to Pakistan and Pakistan belongs to them, I suggest we seek help from Pakistan Army to strengthen the civil setup.
The army belongs to Pakistan, but Pakistan DOES NOT belong to the army. It is civilian setup that needs to help the army deal with the monumental incompetence we've seen from them in May 2, Salala and other incidents.
Yeah they are expert, they have experience of several coup !!
London - please beef up your security. Army trained 'players' are coming.
It's in our blood to seek army's intervention whenever we face difficulty
@rajah
It's the same thing.
While there is no harm as Pakistan Army belongs to Pakistan and Pakistan belongs to them, I suggest we seek help from Pakistan Army to strengthen the civil setup.
In the beginning or start of any problem of any nature in this country, the last mile is always the Army.. be it any sort of problem Army is what we have to turn to for help...
Wrong choice instead of army the Hockey team should be trained by Chief JUSTICE (Sumi TOMO)