impact on me as far as the sporting spirit and matchpreparedness were concerned recalled ballal with a glint in his eyesballal feels sorry for his two sons vansh 6 and yash 3 who cant dream of such a childhood now where in bangalore can you find grounds for them they love sports and i would love them to be in any field but like my father i wouldnt force them to do this or that averred ballalballals better half sahana admits how passionate the children are about sports the younger one is picking up and the older one is into tennis and chess said sahanahailing from the bunt community ballal followed its traditional endogamous practice and found his lifemate in sahana who too was brought up in bangalore and the mangalorebased community which claims a kshatriya descent had has its influence on ballalbunts are a goalseeking group and always determined to follow their dreams their fighting spirit is also a special characteristic but i love to take my identity beyond my community and city i take pride in being an indian and my vision is global stated ballaladministration chaoticthe goalkeeper who featured in the 1992 barcelona olympics 1990 lahore world cup and two asiads would love to pass on his experience gathered while travelling across the globe towards the administration of the game fighting for the rights of the players during his playing days and being constantly in touch with the ashish ballal hockey academy trainees ballal knows a thing or two about hockey management but is saddened by the chaotic situation at the administration level right nowthe administration is heavily monopolized and players dont have a smooth way into any sports body the heavy loss suffered by a reputed player like pargat singh in the hi polls provides an apt example the integrity or status of a player is not considered at all and the rules are so rigid that those at the helm remain there for a long time noted ballal i am extremely saddened that our national sport is in the news for all the wrong reasons now the national championship is conducted once in four years and that sums up the sorry tale we need mature administrators who put country before self pointed out ballalon the field headgear had masked ballals emotions all the time but while describing the state of the game in the country the sense of anger and unhappiness is evident on his face from a person like ballal who eats and thinks hockey such a reaction is quite logicalfavourite film three idiotsfavourite dress jeans and collared tshirt favourite food kori rotti and any other mangalorean food prepared by either mother or wife favourite hobbies sportsrelated activities including golf snooker and pool favourite tv programme watching news bulletins and newsrelated shows those late night programmes do bother wife sahana favourite hangouts various clubs in bangalore including kga ksca and koramangala club