Known as one of the best hockey goal-keepers in the world, Sreejesh Ravindran has come up the ranks like a mountaineer trying to seize the summit of a mountain. The young goal-keeper has often come to the rescue of the Indian team and was behind the team's success in the Commonwealth Games as well as the Champions Trophy.
Sreejesh called for more training and exposure to ensure that Indian goal-keepers are the best in the world. "We should give more importance to goal-keeping. Right from the beginning they should get more training and exposure and by training I mean scientific training, like what I got last year. The training that I received from Dave Staniforth and Martin Drijver, one of South Africa and one from Holland has changed a lot in me," he said while speaking to IBNLive.com. "For the time being we are taking only one goal-keeper that is Harjot for the Japan Test series and I think by the end of the nationals and the upcoming matches we will get the new core group for the Olympics."
Favouring more stress on goal keeping, Sreejesh went on to add, "This kind of training should be given to the goal-keepers at the base level and the only way forward is to prioritise goal-keeping at the junior level that is an important aspect of the game. It is a serious matter. Generally we don't give so much importance to goal-keeping and we need to work in that area."
Sreejesh also spoke about India's new coach Paul van Ass. "It has only been three or four weeks that he has taken over but his interactions with the players have been very fruitful. He talks about simple little things that are very effective for us and it works. Everybody is enjoying his company and he is pretty good," he said.
Sreejesh was also nominated for the Best Male Goalkeeper award following his impressive performance in the 2014 season, but eventually lost to Jaap Stockmann of the Netherlands.
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