BENGALURU: Indian women's hockey chief coach Sjoerd Marijne has stated that team was able to achieve their primary target of reaching desirable fitness levels during the national camp which ended on Saturday. "One of our goals was improving fitness and that worked out very well. In the past few weeks, we also worked with the junior men's team in a few sessions to test our speed and handling skills and I am happy with the progress we have made as a group," said Marijne.
Despite not having played any competition since February this year where the team had travelled to New Zealand, the head coach believes the core group is working hard towards a good build-up to the Olympic Games next year which had been rescheduled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
"We have done well so far in utilising this time and our primary focus is the Olympics. We are hopeful of playing good matches early next year that will show where we stand and we can plan the months leading up to the Games keeping in mind the areas that require improvement basis our performance in these tours," Marijne explained. IANS