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We need players with power and speed: Thoiba
Times of India | Sudheendra Tripathi, TNN | Jun 16, 2011, 12.43am IST
Hockey in India has had the privilege of having the patronage of Thoiba Singh and as a dauntless pedant, the diminutive left-winger surged forward relentlessly during his heyday. Believing in action over words, Thoiba played hockey meritoriously till he took a hiatus from the national sport. Noiselessly, he pursued his ardour for hockey off the field until he was once again called upon as a revered selector to pick the Indian hockey team.
Thoiba was an integral part of the Indian team in the eighties and was very popular among the hockey fraternity. So, after briefly coaching Imphal Rangers (Tier II) in the Premier Hockey League (PHL), why then he chose to stay away from the limelight for such a long time? "I was never asked to take up any responsibility by the federation," he says succinctly.
But the 56-year-old quickly adds, "I was actively involved with the sport in my personal capacity. I trained boys who came to me and even supported some of the more needy ones monetarily."
Thoiba, who is one of the six selectors, will pick around 100 probables for a camp which will conducted a week after (tentatively) the Nationals are over. With the Olympic qualifiers coming up, selectors hinted the focus will be on the core group. But extraordinary talent will be inducted into the core group before naming the final squad.
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