National sides back in training for Olympics
The national men’s and women’s hockey teams resume training next weekend at the City Park Hockey Stadium in readiness for the 2012 London Olympic Games qualifiers later this year.
The national men’s and women’s hockey teams resume training next weekend at the City Park Hockey Stadium in readiness for the 2012 London Olympic Games qualifiers later this year.
The teams, that had been preparing for close to three months, broke camp late November to enable Telkom Orange and Strathmore University prepare for the Africa Cup Club championships held in Accra as well as Christmas holiday.
In a communication to the clubs and coaches, the Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) convenor for coaching and development committee, Teddy Jhite, said the sessions will be held January 15 and 16 starting 2.30pm and 10am respectively.
The sessions will held every weekend with some being slotted during the week.
The men’s last three session had 40 players while 30 players have been attending women’s training.
Jhite explained that the squads will be trimmed to manageable sizes of 25 players each by mid February.
A panel of coaches has been overseeing both sides’ training and they include Jhite, Strathmore University’s Meshak Senge, Elisha Opere of Green Sharks, Sliders’ Nixon Nyaganga and video coach Tom Olal.
He emphasised that players must dedicate their energy and resources to training so as to make the final selection easier.
