BENGALURU: India’s hockey stars coaching for the Asian Games and World Cup are getting more bones than meat to consume, says the chief trainer, and feature found, at times, that this lean diet is supplemented with unwanted protein in the form of bugs. There may be a hair drawback.
Chief trainer Harendra Singh wrote to Hockey India president Rajinder Singh on Saturday complaining concerning the poor high quality of food being served to the avid gamers on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre right here. The trainer additionally complained about unhealthy hygiene in the kitchen (the bugs, and the hair).
In his letter, Singh, who first raised this issue because the nationwide girls’s team trainer, states: “...The food high quality at Bangalore SAI centre has been smartly underneath par for a certified unit. There is over the top oil and fat during (in the food), bones with rarely any meat. In some instances, avid gamers and personnel have found bugs, bugs and hair in the food. Hygiene has additionally been unnoticed.”
Singh’s letter says contemporary blood stories of avid gamers have indicated food-related deficiencies of vitamins and minerals. Singh referred the topic to Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra who, in turn, sent an e-mail to SAI director-general Neelam Kapur urging her to take action.
Food has been a bone of contention between SAI and National Sports Federations over the years.
Chief trainer Harendra Singh wrote to Hockey India president Rajinder Singh on Saturday complaining concerning the poor high quality of food being served to the avid gamers on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre right here. The trainer additionally complained about unhealthy hygiene in the kitchen (the bugs, and the hair).
In his letter, Singh, who first raised this issue because the nationwide girls’s team trainer, states: “...The food high quality at Bangalore SAI centre has been smartly underneath par for a certified unit. There is over the top oil and fat during (in the food), bones with rarely any meat. In some instances, avid gamers and personnel have found bugs, bugs and hair in the food. Hygiene has additionally been unnoticed.”
Singh’s letter says contemporary blood stories of avid gamers have indicated food-related deficiencies of vitamins and minerals. Singh referred the topic to Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra who, in turn, sent an e-mail to SAI director-general Neelam Kapur urging her to take action.
Food has been a bone of contention between SAI and National Sports Federations over the years.
Just bugs & bones, no meat for hockey stars: Chief coach
![Just bugs & bones, no meat for hockey stars: Chief coach]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
June 12, 2018
Rating:
