It is not easy to replicate Personal Best in olympics unless one is very high caliber athlete Best performance of Indian athletes usually hover around Qualifying mark. Their training revolves around peaking in time for qualification and entry in olympics. Then the performance / personal Best in open NIS Patiala ground with no huge stands, good breeze, evening, good weather , no rain Is different then replicating it under pressure of expectations, big stars, hostile weather, rain , big stadium etc
It is not easy to replicate Personal Best in olympics unless one is very high caliber athlete Best performance of Indian athletes usually hover around Qualifying mark. Their training revolves around peaking in time for qualification and entry in olympics. Then the performance / personal Best in open NIS Patiala ground with no huge stands, good breeze, evening, good weather , no rain Is different then replicating it under pressure of expectations, big stars, hostile weather, rain , big stadium etc
Then what is the point of such a misleading criteria that can't be repetitively measured under stress conditions?
There should be some other criteria like Consistent Best using Mean & Average of performances in a season...
Anyway, the routine of my last ten days has gone for a toss with so much stress and failed expectations. I'm in serious need of dopamine and gonna go back to Women Mud Wrestling for a hit!
For most of the athletes, NIS Patiala is home ground where they practice round the year. In throw events the athletes have only three chances in Olympics to qualify for the finals.
AFI gives good amount of chances for PBs throughout the year. Fed Cup, state meet and then the IGPs. So, until and unless you are an elite athlete it's tough to touch your PB. That's why both Avinash Sable and Kamalpreet did quite a good job and both of them might improve to a decent level in future. Both need upgradation of coaches.
Neeraj Chopra's consistent performance is elite events is due to his good support level.
Hima Das had great potential and only true world class track athelete in this decade who could have qualified in athletics final in either Olympics or World events.
100m and 200m has so much competition that she can't become even top 20-30 at the moment. She was so good in the 400m that achieving her NR for any Indian athlete now seems a distant dream.
100m and 200m has so much competition that she can't become even top 20-30 at the moment. She was so good in the 400m that achieving her NR for any Indian athlete now seems a distant dream.
100 / 200 meters are for show-off and purists don't even call them running.
The two sprints that invoke the true spirit of running are :
400 meters / quarter-mile: it challenges all your energy systems - anaerobic alactic (till 100 meters), anaerobic lactic (100-300 meters) & aerobic (> 300 meters).
1600 meters / one miler: this is even more purist, but very very intense & grueling.
India have a good centre-forward, who is goal-hungry. But supply was
poor, for the half-line didn’t contribute/penetrate much when India
pressed forward. Going ahead, this is an area they must address. The
half-line should make its attacking presence felt a lot more.
Also, in terms of creating penalty corner opportunities, India should be
smarter. Australia got so many penalty corners and India failed to
match them. Indian players should be cleverer and more street-smart
while dribbling inside the opposition’s D. Inside the D, the golden rule
is to do chhota dodges (smaller dibbles) to create penalty corner
opportunities. If you keep it that way, defenders are under pressure and
there’s always a better chance of the ball hitting the foot. Bada dodge
marenge to defenders ka kaam thoda aasan ho jata hai (if you go for a
bigger dribble, it makes things slightly easier for the defenders).
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Best performance of Indian athletes usually hover around Qualifying mark.
Their training revolves around peaking in time for qualification and entry in olympics.
Then the performance / personal Best in open NIS Patiala ground with no huge stands, good breeze, evening, good weather , no rain
Is
different then replicating it under pressure of expectations, big stars, hostile weather, rain , big stadium etc
AFI gives good amount of chances for PBs throughout the year. Fed Cup, state meet and then the IGPs. So, until and unless you are an elite athlete it's tough to touch your PB. That's why both Avinash Sable and Kamalpreet did quite a good job and both of them might improve to a decent level in future. Both need upgradation of coaches.
Neeraj Chopra's consistent performance is elite events is due to his good support level.
Hima Das had great potential and only true world class track athelete in this decade who could have qualified in athletics final in either Olympics or World events.
Also, in terms of creating penalty corner opportunities, India should be smarter. Australia got so many penalty corners and India failed to match them. Indian players should be cleverer and more street-smart while dribbling inside the opposition’s D. Inside the D, the golden rule is to do chhota dodges (smaller dibbles) to create penalty corner opportunities. If you keep it that way, defenders are under pressure and there’s always a better chance of the ball hitting the foot. Bada dodge marenge to defenders ka kaam thoda aasan ho jata hai (if you go for a bigger dribble, it makes things slightly easier for the defenders).