Time and recreation administration, tender PCs: Harendra identifies areas of concern for womens staff

India misplaced all its video games in Europe and completed final on the desk. Harendra blamed the absence of a number of senior gamers on account of damage and the inexperience of the squad for the outcomes. However, he insisted that barring just a few areas of concern, the staff was heading in the right direction.

“Yes, we’re disheartened, however I’m not in ache as a result of we have now closed the hole with many of the prime groups. I believe we had been very aggressive. Three of our most reliable defenders – Nikki Pradhan, Udita and Susheela Chanu – acquired injured simply earlier than leaving. We needed to transfer gamers round and play midfielders Jyoti Singh and Vaishnavi Phalke within the defence,” Harendra stated in a media interplay on Wednesday.

“We conceded tender penalty corners; [conceding] 52 PCs may be very excessive, and 35% of these resulted in objectives. That was a significant distinction. The relaxation, I believe we had been a lot nearer skill-wise, fitness-wise and within the sort of hockey we needed to play. We have a younger staff and they’ll get higher with expertise,” Harendra emphasised.

Elaborating on the precise areas to work on within the subsequent six weeks forward of the essential Asia Cup in China, Harendra repeatedly burdened on recreation and time administration and avoiding conceding PCs.

“We have recognized 4 main areas to work on. First, recreation administration; if we enter the opponent’s circle 52 instances, we anticipate at the least a minimal of 24-27 pictures on the purpose. More pictures imply extra probabilities of scoring. Second, time administration; being conscious of the timing and scoreboard once we are near profitable. Like towards Australia, there have been seconds left, and we gave away a tender PC and the purpose.

“Third, determination making each in assault and defence. Fourth, conceding tender PCs and objectives. But I really feel as soon as these three gamers are again, that space might be taken care of. We are going to speculate extra time in PC defending,” he defined.

“Maybe this can be a blessing in disguise; we will reset ourselves. If you retain shedding, you lose confidence, too. Now we will rebuild, play towards lower-ranked sides to get again to profitable and steadiness with matches towards prime sides,” he added.