Hungry to make comeback, focus on training: Sathiyan

Sathiyan’s coach Olympian S Raman said he would be evaluating his performance every quarter. “We worked on a few things and those things are not working out. So which means whatever we brought to the table is not sufficient enough. So we need to spice it up, we need to change a little bit. So, you know, it’s an ongoing process of how we keep reinventing the wheel,” he said.

Raman also ensured that his injury would not be a concern now, after his evaluation by sports scientists at Reliance Foundation. Sathiyan spent about a week evaluating his injury at the Reliance centre and the signs, according to his coach, was positive. “He is completely free of injury and after the evaluation, he is very positive,” he said. “Now he wants to get back into the top 50 once again.

“I have generally understood that there are certain muscle groups that he needs to develop. He needs to strengthen those. Increase little bit of load on the strength quotient and on the speed and agility quotient,” he said. Hopefully, for Sathiyan things will be better this season.