The Indian women's hockey team chief coach Sjoerd Marijne has earmarked "fitness" as a key area going into the Tokyo Olympics and said the upcoming training camp will focus on fine-tuning the side's grey areas.
Hockey India on Saturday named a 25-member core probables list for the upcoming senior women national camp, beginning at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru campus, on Sunday.
The players will report to Marijne for the 27-day training and conditioning camp ahead of an important few months where the team will also take part in the sixth women's Asian Champions Trophy in June and the all-important 2020 Olympics in July-August.
"With the knowledge of the previous tour of New Zealand, we have identified some areas where we need to improve, and we will have the chance to fine-tune on these areas," Marijne said.
"It is an important phase in our preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, and so the upcoming camp will be focused on the fitness because this is the moment where we can build, and have extra load in our training sessions."
Core Probables List:
Goalkeepers: Savita , Rajani Etimarpu, Bichu Devi Kharibam
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Manpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur, Nisha
Midfielders: Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Sonika, Namita Toppo