New Delhi, September 13
India’s leading squash player Dipika Pallikal on Friday slammed the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) for failing to appoint a coach since April 2018 and said that the state of the sport in the country is “disheartening”.
The Indian players have been training without a full-time foreign coach after Egyptian Achraf Karargui quit before the Commonwealth Games in April 2018.
“If you want to try and take squash forward in the country, the first rule is to have a coach. It’s just bizarre to head to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games without a coach. It’s just disheartening to see what is happening to Indian squash,” Dipika said here.
The first Indian to break into the world top-10, Dipika, said SRFI needs to have a structure in place for Indians to become a formidable force at the world level.
“There has to be a proper structured program, scheduling etc in place. To try and become world champions a lot of planning has to be done. It’s not the best scenario in the country right now without a coach,” Dipika said.
She said top players like herself, Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal escape the charade of the coaches coming and going by basing themselves abroad. However, the juniors don’t have the liberty to do that and the federation needs to provide them proper training and guidance. — PTI
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