The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) with the support of the Army, is planning to hold a boot camp for senior players in the first week of July. The aim is to upgrade their fitness for modern hockey, according to PHF Secretary Shahbaz Senior.
After the PHF and management analysed the team’s performance in recent tournaments, it was decided to put the players through an intense training regime.
“The players are not fit at all for the modern form of hockey. The national team possibly has the lowest fitness levels, which gets exposed during competitions,” Shahbaz told reporters.
“They don’t have the stamina and so they get tired easily. They even find it hard to catch their breath during substitution timeout,” he added.
He said that in order to build up stamina, the players need to train hard not under PHF coaches but under the strict command of the Army. He further said that the boot camp will be extended if the two weeks of training fail to produce the desired results.
“With the help of PHF president, who was also part of the Army, Brigadier (retd) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar will conduct a two-week camp at Kakul or any other place available, but under the supervision of the Army,” Shahbaz added.
Two weeks are not enough, it is a continuous process, in this modern age players are trained hard and it is only tha passion and determination of players can take them to the peek of their physical performance. One have to have a romance for honour to fight for the pride of the nation. Wearing a colour demands 110% commitment no fool around. If there is no passion for honour for get about playing hockey.
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