Fitness camp for Junior Asia Cup continues in full swing
The fitness training camp of national hockey players is in full swing at Army Physical Fitness School in Abbottabad for the forthcoming Junior Asia Hockey Cup.
For the preparation of the Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament, the national hockey junior players physical fitness training camp is underway at Army Physical Fitness School, Tobe Camp Abbottabad.
The Junior Asia Cup is scheduled to be held next year in Dhaka from January 21 to 30.
The players underwent yoyo test, BMI test, FAT level and sugar level test.
Thirty-four probables have reported out of 35 at the camp. Afraz could not join the camp as he is unfit.
In order to groom the goalkeepers on scientific lines a physical fitness training camp of national junior goalkeepers will be held from Sept 25 to Oct 5 in Lahore.
Seven goalkeepers will be attending the activity which will be supervised by former Olympian Nasir Ahmed who will work in coordination with another Olympian Khawaja Mohammad Junaid.
PHF president retired Brigadier Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has approved the following goalkeepers for the said camp:
Waqar Younis (Wapda), Abdullah Ishtiaq (MPCL), Akmal Hussain (Wapda), Noman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Amjad Ali (SSGC), Munib-ur-Rehman (SSGC), Sheikh Abdullah (Sindh).
