Speaking on the sidelines of the first day's practice, Nabi stressed: "Wim has been insisting on building up from defence.
"I have been with the national camp for long but some of the tips as far as positional sense is concerned have been an education for me."
As the team got down to business in Jaypee Greens here, Koevermans was seen motivating the players and at the end seemed quite impressed.
"Top quality guys," Koevermans yelled almost throughout the 90 minutes practice session.
This was the team's first practice session here after being based in Bangalore for almost a fortnight.
As the boys sweated it out, the Dutchman was in no mood to compromise. His attitude was infectious enough