Victory is our aim: Harinder Singh
April 23, 2009
By Ranjeeta Swarnkar
Bhopal, April 23:
The Indian Hockey team is in state capital and practicing for forthcoming hockey championship. The coach of the team is Harinder Singh. He had played several international hockey matches. Harinder is giving training to the players of Indian Hockey Team since last 8 years.
Here are some consents of his interview.
Why Gill is not happy with the victory of team in Ajlan Shah?
See, this is his personal opinion. Every person in our country is having right to give his personal opinion. I am not eager to give my opinion and I am happy with the performance of my players. It is good someone is criticizing us. It is not important that we should be appreciated all the time. We get chance to know positive and negative sides and we can improve our game with this.
Soon you are going to play Asia Cup. What will be the strategy of the team?
If I talk about the strategy, I will say that all depends on the circumstances. We will plan our strategy step by step. For me all the matches are like semifinals. If we will play good our ranking will improve. All the matches are important for us. Our strategy will depend on the opponent team, we can not clear picture at this juncture.
In Asia Cup, for India, which team is challenging?
All the teams are important for us, though it is Bangladesh. All teams are good, we can not predict about any team in advance, any team can give good fight. Our aim will be good game, we will win matches and make good place in the ranking.
Are you satisfied with the facilities provided to hockey team?
I think we will never be able to get satisfactory facilities, but with minimum facilities we gave to give maximum output. There are several sports in our country, which don’t have facilities like we have. I think we have better facility.
Which type of facilities you have in Bhopal?
This center is quite lucky for us. Before going Ajlanshah we have practiced here and we have won. Non of our player is injured. Bhopal is facing water problem and despite we have not faced water problem. We have best facilities in this center.
How near, we are from qualifying London Olympics?
We are quite far from it, but the moral of players is very high and we are preparing for coming matches.
Don’t you believe that our game in Egypt was not satisfactory?
I think poor coverage and negligence is responsible for the poor show. No one showed interest in this side. This is not popularized in the people. Since 1983 Cricket World Cup, cricket was given top priority but hockey game was never given that respect as the cricket was given.
What is a dispute between junior and senior players?
On this I will say that we have to play together because for winning the match juniors are more energetic and seniors are experienced. With their joint efforts, both will make the team strong.