New Delhi: Many are said to be the strength of the Indian shooting team. Although the team is getting younger, the bench is deeper. But it’s not just a shooter. It would not be too much to say that if the hypothetical no shooter was available to participate, India could put its coach for possibly a B or C team.The Indian coaching team has grown stronger over the last five months with many ‘newly retired’ shooters wearing guidance.Among the new Joiners are Olympian champions and various World Cups RyeAsia Sonia Rai Game Medal, Silver Winner of the Tamang Commonwealth Games (Pistol); Former Asian Games and Commonwealth Champion Pooja Ghatkar and Dayom Singh Commonwealth (Rifle) Commonwealth Participants.Veterans like Samaresh Jung, Jaspal Rana and Sanjeev Rajput Have been training for almost a decade now. “I think it’s good to see so many fresh coaches like Jitu and Pooja turns well into a new role. They bring new ideas, and it will help young shooters in the coming years, “Indian High Performance Director Pierre Beauchamp told Toi.Jitge, one of the best Indian gun shooters has seen, saying he still finds himself more as a shooter than a coach. “When I go as a coach with a shooter to the tournament, I prefer to tell them more about the pressure of the match and the things that the shooters usually face during the game. This is the only thing that the shooters can feel but they may not have the answer, I think it’s not just a little technical, my job is to tell them about mind problems,” Jitu said.“I told them about the scenario they could expect during the game so that when they faced the situation, they had an answer. The joy of knowing the problem before they were facing them, making things better for them,” said the World Championship Silver Medal. Pooja, who has won gold in the 2014 Asian Championship, said that since he was fresh from shooting, it was easier to connect with the shooter. “I shot until last year and have competed with many current lots. I know them and it is easier to connect and bond with them, “he said.When asked if he was still tempted to shoot with his students in the tournament, he laughed, “Sometimes, yes.”Tejaswani Win a 25m pistol silver medalOn the last day of the Junior ISSF World Cup, Tejaswani closed the host campaign by winning Silver in the Women’s 25M Pistol at Karni Singh Shooting Ranges on Wednesday. Tejaswani scored 30, while gold winner Aleksandra Tikhonova of Russia shot 33. Alessandra Fait Italy took bronze with 28. Other Indians in the field, Naamya Kapoor (21) and Riya that (16), each finished fourth and fifth.
