Janneke Schopman speaks about Indian Women’s Hockey Team’s rise in the last year

Nomination for the FIH Women’s Team Coach of the Year Award shows the progress of the team,” says Indian Women’s Hockey Chief Coach Janneke Schopman

Janneke Schopman feels honoured to be nominated for the FIH Women’s Team Coach of the Year Award. The Chief Coach expressed that this nomination shows that this side has performed well in the last year,

“It’s a great honour to be nominated for the FIH Women’s Team Coach of the Year Award. This is a recognition for how hard the girls have worked and what they have shown in the past few months. As a coach, you are only as good as your team. This nomination means that the girls have performed throughout the year and we are on the right track.”

Schopman added that she was happy to see her team implement its learnings from  the FIH Hockey Pro League and FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,

“The debut season of the FIH Hockey Pro League was a very valuable experience for the team. We played good teams consistently over a period of five months. We identified aspects where we did really well and the aspects that we needed to improve. I was very happy with the way the girls implemented their learnings from the FIH Hockey Pro League, FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Bronze medal at CWG was very special for me.”

When asked about the team’s goals in the near future, the Chief Coach said,

“We are doing an in-depth team evaluation at the moment. Players are also looking at their own individual games and looking at aspects they can get better at. We need to take our game to the next level to become a more threatening and consistent side