Camp participants must learn modern hockey techniques from legendary coach Roelant Oltmans: Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Legendary Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans delivered a lecture about modern hockey in the training camp being organised by Sports Board Punjab in collaboration with Rana Zaheer Hockey Academy at National Hockey Stadium Pitch-2 here on Tuesday.

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, in a statement on Tuesday urged the Pakistan players to fully exploit this opportunity and learn modern hockey techniques from world class coach Roelant Oltmans. “More than 60 under-21 players (30 each from Sports Board Punjab and Rana Zaheer Hockey Academy) are undergoing training during the 2-week camp. As many as 10 local coaches (five each from Sports Board Punjab and Rana Zaheer Academy) are also taking part in training camp”, he added.

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan further said that Sports Board Punjab is utilising all resources to regain lost glory in hockey. “The purpose of the high-profile training camp is to make our coaches and players aware about modern hockey”.

Roelant Oltmans, who is in Pakistan for supervising a 2-week hockey training camp, elaborated different features of modern hockey with the help of charts. “It is the right time for Pakistan players, coaches, managers and other team officials to get adapted with modern hockey and its requirements because understanding modern hockey and its complete awareness is a need of the hour,” he added.

The participating players of training camp also took part in rigorous physical exercise after the lecture. The hockey training camp will conclude on June 28, 2022.