Directorate General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab organizes ‘Train the Trainers’ programme for hockey coaches Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi was the chief guest at the Train the Trainers coaching programme

LAHORE (July 22, 2022): Directorate General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab organized ‘Train the Trainers’ programme for local hockey coaches at National Hockey Stadium on Friday.

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi was the chief guest at the Train the Trainers coaching programme where Pakistan head coach Siegfried Aikman taught modern hockey techniques to local male and female hockey coaches.

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi distributed certificates among the participants of Train the Trainers Programme. Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser and Olympian Kh Junaid were also present on this occasion.

Talking on this occasion, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said the Train the Trainers program will be expanded to all divisions of the province. “There is no limit to learning and our coaches must avail this golden learning opportunity. Besides hockey, the training programmes of other games will also be organized for the promotion of true sports culture across the province”.

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi further said that Sports Board Punjab is promoting hockey with the collaboration of Pakistan Hockey Federation and Olympian Khawaja Junaid. “We are taking all possible steps to promote hockey in the province. The process of learning hockey will be expanded to schools, colleges and universities to find fresh hockey talent”.

During his lecture, coach of the national hockey team Siegfried Aikman told the local coaches that a hockey team can achieve true and durable success only through hard work and adopting modern techniques. “Programmes like this are essential to the development of hockey. Pakistan coaches should work hard and unearth budding players from their respective areas,” he added.

Olympian Khawaja Junaid on this occasion said that the Punjab Sports Department is doing great work for the promotion of hockey in the province. He thanked Director General Sports Punjab Tariq Qureshi and national hockey team head coach Siegfried Aikman for holding this valuable coaching activity.