Will aim to up the ante in camp: India coach Reid

Graham Reid head coach of the Indian mens hockey team has stated that the team will try to up the ante and be prepared for the forthcoming competitions during the national camp which resumes Tuesday after a threeweek breakI expect the players to return feeling fresh both mentally and physically after this threeweek break In our previous national camp we hit desirable numbers in various parameters including the YoYo Test said ReidOur aim will be to up the ante in the current camp and be prepared for forthcoming competition he added 33 members of the core probable group will return to the coaching camp scheduled at the Sports Authority of India SAI Bengaluru beginning TuesdayThe core probable group includes three goalkeepers PR Sreejesh Krishan B Pathak and Suraj Karkera defenders Birendra Lakra Rupinder Pal Singh Surender Kumar Amit Rohidas Kothajit Singh Khadangbam Harmanpreet Singh Gurinder Singh Jarmanpreet Singh Varun Kumar Dipsan Tirkey Nilam Sanjeep XessMidfielders Manpreet Singh Chinglensana Singh Kangujam Nilakanta Sharma Sumit Jaskaran Singh Rajkumar Pal Hardik Singh Vivek Sagar Prasad too will report in SAIForwards SV Sunil Akashdeep Singh Mandeep Singh Lalit Upadhyay Ramandeep Singh Simranjeet Singh Shamsher Singh Gurjant Singh Dilpreet Singh Gursahibjit Singh and Shilanand Lakra are other athletes who will be reporting for the campHockey India has been in talks with different nations to organise a tour for the mens team Captain Manpreet has expressed that the side is looking forward to muchneeded match practice before the Tokyo OlympicsWe are very excited about getting back into the international circuit We are really looking forward to playing against an international team before the Olympics A few matches against a good team will help us prepare for the Olympics This year is very important for us said ManpreetWe have practiced very hard in the last few months and have raised our game to a level that is close to which we usually operate in international games If we play to our potential at the Olympics in July then we will surely bring glory to our country We have to go into the Olympics with a mindset of clinching a medal he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever