Finding the balance between intensity and rest is the key: Marijne
Indian women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne is prioritizing physical fitness as the team prepares for the upcoming World Cup. He emphasizes the need to balance high-intensity training with adequate rest to ensure peak performance during the tournament.
Why it matters
Fitness management is a critical component of modern professional sports, directly impacting the competitive success of national teams.
With the Indian team entering its final stage of preparations for the World Cup, women’s hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne is focussing on fitness, aware it could be the difference in a game of small margins.
“That is our main focus now, improving the fitness, because we know they understand the tactics and we have enough matches to practice that. But these are the moments we really have to make the next step in our fitness.
“I think we’re doing really well, we are pushing the girls hard. It’s always a combination of high intensity and good rest and also finding the quality you want on the pitch. And the better the fitness is, the better the outcome will be,” he told The Hindu in an interaction on Thursday..
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