Indian women’s hockey team head coach Jeanneke Schopmann hopes her FIH Pro League matches against some of the world’s top teams will help her team “raise the bar” ahead of the World Cup starting in Terassa (Spain) and Amstelveen (Netherlands). “The ideal platform. ) on 1 July.
As the countdown begins for the fortnight-long Women’s World Cup, the Indian women’s team is looking forward to flying high in the quadrennial tournament, especially after its valor at the Tokyo Olympics where it finished a historic fourth. .
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“Playing the top teams in these (Pro League) home games, we were mostly focused on ourselves. But more than the results of the matches, I am satisfied with how the team has played and I believe we are moving in the right direction.”
The Indian women’s team, led by goalkeeping legend Savita, finished home games as table toppers in their maiden Pro League campaign.
Talking about the team’s preparations in the coming weeks ahead of the remaining Pro League matches in Europe and the World Cup, Janneke said, “For the next five to six weeks, we will be in Bengaluru in our environment and we will be training for it.” Will take A common goal of doing well in Pro League and World Cup.
“Our focus will be on building our physical strength. We will work on maximizing our speed in the game. We also want to limit the risk of injury as we play back-to-back Pro League and World Cup matches.”
Speaking about his opponents in Pool B, which puts India alongside England, China and New Zealand, Janneke said, “We have played England a few times and we are familiar with their game and the team has played China as well. Have played a lot but because of the pandemic, we haven’t seen New Zealand play in the last two years, and from what I read about them, they have some retirements in their team and some players are injured. But having said that, our pool is a pool where anyone can beat anyone on a good day and we just need to make sure we start well.”
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