Report: Soheyl Imran. Former Olympian and National Hockey Selection Committee Chairman Samiullah Khan says that there are important events happening in the next four to five months, including the World Cup and Asian Games and apart from the 8 matches of the Pro Hockey League, there is also the Asia Hockey Champions Trophy.
The Chairman of the National Hockey Selection Committee of Lahore, Samiullah Khan, said about the tests, that even if we do not win in the final of the Asian Games, we should qualify for the Olympics by playing the final, in addition, we should try to be in the top ten in the ranking.
Samiullah Khan said that the good thing is that despite the bad conditions, young people are playing hockey. After Karachi, the trials ended in Lahore, the good youth came forward. Efforts are being made to invite more players to the camp along with the current 26 players.
Chief selector Samiullah Khan said that working on the mental strength of the players, in addition to improving physical strength, I think an expert should come from abroad for physical fitness, even if it is a trainer, at the same time the video analyst should be good, we should go to modern techniques, the gap with European teams cannot be closed, but it can be reduced.
Samiullah Khan said about the gathering of people from the past that hockey is now easier than before, there are four four four, how much do you want to make changes, we are looking for modern hockey.
In the continuation of his speech, Samiullah Khan said that we know how hockey is played in the world, the basic technique of hockey is the same as what we play, the players stop the ball better, create space and then pass it, there has been no change in it and this is something that people should look at.
