Marijne stresses on 'power of repetition' ahead of India's preparation for Olympic qualifiers

Coach Sjoerd Marijne wants the Indian women's hockey team to understand the "power of repetition" to train their mind and body ahead of the Olympic qualifiers in November.

The Indian women not only sealed an Olympic qualifier spot by reaching the summit clash in FIH Hockey Series but also won the tournament by beating Japan in the final.

Marijne said he is happy with the overall performance of the side.

"As a higher ranked country, if you go to a qualifier, you know you have to win and I am very happy with their performance. I know a few teams were really low ranked and there was not much challenge in the pool matches, so the challenge in the semis and finals was even bigger," he said.

"You have to keep training and improving, it is the power of repetition and also train mental side. Now they have the experience of wining and playing difficult matches and it gives a big boost to the team."
"They had some nerves in the semifinals. The nerves disappeared in the finals and that is something we have to keep working on, if we can improve that our level will only get higher. So the psychologist we have Priyanka (Prabhakar) and Somya (Awasthi) are important for the team."
"It is a good thing because these girls didn't play enough match in India like the men. So it would be a great opportunity and an advantage."
Asked if he was happy with the penalty corner conversation of the team, he said: "Yeah, there is no worry but we have to maintain that. Gurjit (Kaur) has the quality to do that in the right moment and not many dragflicker can do that the way she did in the semifinals and finals."
"Good opponents will be there. We will do everything possible to be well prepared."