New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Ahead of main hockey occasions just like the FIH Hockey Pro League and Men’s Hockey World Cup, ace Indian midfielder Hardik Singh mentioned that the group is syncing fairly properly behind the scenes throughout an intense coaching camp.
Hardik, who all set to play his second senior World Cup, mentioned that his household may be very excited and are planning to journey, when he appeared on Episode 32 of Hockey Te Charcha – a podcast collection initiated by Hockey India.
Hardik, who believes there isn’t a substitute for exhausting work, mentioned “Everyone is very excited about the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023. We did not do well last time, but now after the Tokyo Olympics, things have changed overall for Indian hockey. There are expectations from our team. And we are capable of making the final and winning it. The whole team is very hungry to get success this year and we want to finish on the podium.”The midfielder additionally famous that there are not any free lunches on the highest stage, and it’s all about who turns up on the large day.
“In the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023 all the teams will be difficult to play against. It does not matter who the team on the other side is. You cannot say what will happen, and we are going to treat each match like we are playing in a final.”Part of a household of hockey gamers, together with Gurmail Singh, a part of the group that gained Gold within the 1980 Mosco Summer Olympics, the 24-year-old mentioned, “Our camp is going on well and we have been working a lot on our fitness. Every day is a hard session and even if we are having a tough day we still have to go through that session. This camp has been like that but we have to do our work and it was still quite a fun camp for us.””We do extra sessions to perfect the PC routines and even if you have a full training session, it is essential to go through these extra minutes.”Looking again at his journey to date, Hardik is grateful to have shared a dressing room with the likes of Sardar Singh and added that it was at all times going to be hockey for him.
“For me hockey was always the first choice. When I was 6 my father introduced me to hockey and my grandfather was a hockey player as well and he was a Coach in the Navy team. That is where I developed an interest, and there were others in my family who played as well, and we would go to watch them play. That’s how I developed a love for the game,” he mentioned. (ANI)