Tenaga serious about juniors

29/03/2003

TENAGA Nasional Bhd are dead serious about their junior developmentprogramme, and yesterday, they brought down their entire Junior HockeyLeague team to Ipoh for a motivation-cum-vacation session. Tenaga resume their JHL fixtures against Anderson-Xybase on April 5, andleaving no stone unturned, they brought in a motivator from UniversitiSains Malaysia, Penang, for a pep talk - after watching the Malaysia-Germany match at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh. "We can't afford to lose any points in the remaining JHL matches if wewant to come out tops in Division One. That is why the management decidedto motivate the players by letting them watch world-class hockey in Ipoh,"said coach K. Rajan. But while cheering their heroes, the Tenaga boys were also seen busytaking down notes. "Each player was given a specific assignment during the Malaysia-Germanymatch. They were told to follow and jot down the movement of players whoplayed in the same position as them. After the match, they presented theirfindings and what they had learnt," said Rajan. Malaysia Sports School, Tenaga, Telekom Pahang and Anderson are joint-leaders in Division One and can't afford to lose any points. Anderson-Xybase had the golden opportunity of being motivated by the NewZealand team in a clinic held in Ipoh, in anticipation of the match onApril 5 at the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium. After that explosive match, Tenaga face easier opponents in Olak-MPK andSrii Aroma PISC to wrap-up their fixtures. Meanwhile, Rajan also said that they had selected five of their JHLplayers for the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL). "We (Tenaga) believe in exposing young players early, and have decidedto field five JHL boys in the MHL this season. The five are S. Bubalan, S.Selvaraju, Mawardi Samad, Fairuz Hamsani and goalkeeper Fitri Abdul Aziz,"explained Rajan. (END