New Delhi: In less than three months of training in the range, coach Ronak Pandit and Manu Bhaker have “placed a plan”, giving encouragement to the hopes of the Prodigy gun from the podium settlement in the Olympics.
Pandit has guided Bhaker since splitting with Jaspal Rana, one of the best Indian gun shooters and below who he developed into a world-class competitor after a series of major international results.
They separated after the Issf World Cup in New Delhi in March.
Pandit trained Bhaker for about one and a half months during the Indian team tour in Croatia, watching the final phase of preparation.
“We have trained about two and a half to three months and entered a plan for him,” Pandit, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (paired with Samaresh Jung in 2006), told PTI from Tokyo.
One of the three coaches shooting pistols with the Indian team, Pandit has full confidence in Bhaker’s ability and says the great expectations do not disturb the shooter or himself.
“The earth is the pros and cons of expectations but Manu, even at the age of 16 and 17 years, was filming at the World Cup and the medal wins.
He is very cold and used for such pressure and hope.” In front of the Olympics, he was calm and calm, full of focused on the task, “he said.
Pandit also said that it was” very important “to ensure that the shooters were protected from all types of disturbances between qualifications and finals.
Armed with many years Experience in coaching after an active career as a gun shooter, Pandit is optimistic about the prospect of Indian shooters in Tokyo.
He has traveled to London and Rio de Janeiro for the 2012 and 2016 matches, in his capacity as a personal trainer for Heena Sidhu, his wife, and one of Indian entries In a gun event.
In Tokyo, Pandit will have his hands full because Bhaker will shoot in three events – 10 m individual and mixed teams (with Saurabh Chaudhary), and a pistol 25m – but he is ready for it and so does Sho Oter, which is the number two worlds in 10 m air gun.
While the Indian team did not get enough time to practice on Wednesday, training training Re SMI starts on Thursday.
“We have a short training of 20-30 minutes yesterday because official training only starts from today.
The range of 50m is closed from Thursday so that all air shooters can practice full steam.
Calling Bhakers as a powerful shooter, Ronak said they focused on the show the pressure situation.” We prepare a lot for the final, discussing about how the mind affects the body and how we can manage the mind better for better technical execution.
We have made good progress when we get and I am satisfied with it.
“They only need to focus on the process and don’t think much about the results.
Appearing in the Olympics is different from other events,” he said.
Meanwhile air gun shooters from various countries on Thursday were practiced in the final hall, including India Divyansh Singh Panwar who would shoot on the second day of competition on July 25.
The Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8, with the shooting of events spread across the 10th day of the extravaganza, which will be held without viewers because of the Covid-19 pandemic.