The Dutch coach had taken over the reins of the women’s team in 2021 from Sjoerd Marine.
The head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team, Janneke Schopman, has resigned simply days after talking out in opposition to the remedy she obtained from Hockey India. Schopman lately expressed feeling undervalued and disrespected by her employers at Hockey India, stating that she had felt remoted for the previous two years.
Hockey India formally introduced her resignation in an announcement.
“Janneke Schopman, Chief Coach of the Indian Women’s Hockey Team, resigned from her post today. The Dutch coach submitted her resignation to Hockey India President Padma Shri Dr Dilip Tirkey after the conclusion of Indian Women’s Hockey Team’s outing in the home leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League in Odisha,” the Indian physique stated in an announcement.
The governing physique of the game in India has introduced that they’re in search of a brand new coach to help the team of their preparation for the Women’s World Cup 2026 and the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
“She had taken over the reins from former Chief Coach Sjoerd Marine under whose tutelage India finished in a historic fourth position at the Tokyo Olympics. At the back of the disappointment at the recent Olympic Qualifiers, her resignation has paved the way for Hockey India to look for a suitable Chief Coach for the Women’s Hockey Team who could prepare the Indian Team for the next Women’s World Cup in 2026 and Los Angeles Olympics 2028. It is time to begin a fresh chapter in Indian women’s hockey with the players progress being at the centre of our focus,” Hockey India additional added.
Recently, Schopman asserted that she doesn’t really feel valued or revered. She additionally talked about that the women’s team receives totally different remedy in comparison with the boys’s team.
“Very hard, very hard. Because, you know, I come from a culture where women are respected and valued. I don’t feel that here,” she stated on coping with officers as quoted by the Indian Express.
She had additionally opened on her future with the team. “Maybe, even if I do know it’s powerful. But like I stated, I really like the women and I see a lot potential. But it is rather arduous for me as a person.
She served as the analytical coach beginning in 2020 and assumed the place of head coach after Marine resigned following the profitable Tokyo Olympics. During the Olympics, the Indian women’s team achieved a commendable fourth-place end.
“Even when I was the assistant coach some people wouldn’t even look at me or wouldn’t acknowledge me or wouldn’t respond and then you become the chief coach and all of a sudden people are interested in you. I struggled a lot with that,” she added.
“I look at the difference at how men’s coaches are treated… between me and the men’s coach, or the girls and the men’s team, just in general. They (the women players) never complain and they work so hard. I shouldn’t speak for them so I won’t. I love them. I think they work so hard, they do what I ask, they wanna learn, wanna do new things. But for me personally, coming from the Netherlands, having worked in the USA, this country is extremely difficult as a woman, coming from a culture where, yeah, you can have an opinion and it’s valued. It’s really hard,” she stated on the distinction between males’s and women’s groups.
The Indian women’s team has sadly not certified for the Paris Olympics after dropping the FIH Olympic Qualifier third-fourth place match to Japan by a rating of 0-1.
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