Six more under Lissek

07/08/2003

THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) Coaching Committee yesterday named
six more coaches to be attached under German Paul Lissek.
The six are Lim Chiow Chuan, K. Rajan, K. Dharmaraj, S. Sivabalan,
Mokhtar Baharuddin and Roslan Mohamed. They will be officially informed of
their attachment soon.
"We (Coaching Committee) held a special meeting on Monday and decided
that it was time to have a bigger pool of coaches for the country and the
names that cropped up were of those who are actively coaching teams, and
of successful schools coaches," said MHF Coaching Committee chairman Datuk
R. Yogeswaran yesterday.
Rajan is fast becoming a household name as his stints with the Tenaga
Nasional juniors and seniors have made the utility giants into a feared
side.
Dharmaraj is currently coaching Ernst & Young in the Malaysia Hockey
League (MHL) while Sivabalan is coaching the Royal Malaysian Customs in
the MHL.
Former international Lim was selected to undergo the first attachment
programme, where Sarjit Singh, Arul Selvaraj and Tai Beng Hai moved up the
ranks, but he could not make it because of work commitment.
"We have selected six for the second attachment programme and, more
coaches will be named for the next batch of training under Lissek. This
ongoing programme will benefit the country in the long run, as the style
of coaching will be standardised and when players report for national
training, it will be very easy to whip up a team," said Yogeswaran.
Mokhtar is the most successful schools coach, as under him, Anderson
School in Ipoh has produced numerous national players. Anderson are also
the eight-time defending champions of the Champions School tournament.
Roslan, of Datuk Taha Secondary School in Gemencheh, has turned the
rural sleepy hollow into a hockey hub with his untiring effort over the
past 10 years.
"The six will be attached to Lissek before the Asia Cup (on Sept 21) and
will also be involved as observers during the FIH Coaching Course during
the same period," said Yogeswaran.
Two coaches will undergo the FIH course in Kuala Lumpur and they are
Beng Hai and Dr Balbir Singh.
"The FIH have alloted two coaches per-country for the coaching course
and we have nominated Beng Hai because he did not attend the course in
South Africa during the Champions Challenge. Dr Balbir, the Coaching
Committee secretary, will also attend because we need him to master the
development part before he can impart his knowledge to others," said
Yogeswaran.
The Coaching Committee are planning for the long term, and when they
have enough qualified coaches in the country, there are plans to only
allow those with paper qualification to handle teams in the MHL and the
Junior Hockey League.
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