new delhi in its pursuit to improve the standard of womens hockey hockey india on tuesday named 33 core probables for the junior womens national camp to be held at sports authority of india sai centre in bengaluruthe core probables were picked after an intense selection trials conducted under the watchful eyes hockey india high performance director david johnthe core group will be trained by indian junior womens team coach baljeet singh sainisaini who represented india at two successive olympic games 1996 in atlanta and 2000 in sydney has previously worked with the junior womens squad in 2016 and under his tutelage the u18 indian womens team had won a bronze medal at the u18 asia cup held in december last yearthe core group has been selected on the basis of speed agility skill and basic understanding of the gamethe vision behind organising the national camp which will continue till july 3 is to develop a core group of players who will aim to qualify for the prestigious 2020 junior womens world cupthe core group features players from madhya pradesh hockey academy who won the hockey india 7th junior women national hockey championship 2017 runnersup hockey haryana hockey bhopal hockey him hockey chandigarh hockey odisha hockey uttarakhand hockey jharkhand uttar pradesh hockey association of indian universities sports authority of india hockey gangpurodisha and hockey mizoramwe have analysed all the 38 players who were at the national camp since may 24 and hockey indias selection committee has further pruned down the core probables to 33 who will carry on their training this core group will be provided with a support staff including scientific advisor video analyst physiotherapist and a masseuse just like we have for our senior team programs said johnwe have longterm goals for this group and with our vision set on the 2020 and 2024 olympic games and the 2020 junior world cup these 33 core probables will go through a development process that will prepare them for the challenges at the international levelthis is a very talented group and i expect some of these girls to push for a place in the senior womens team in the coming months he addedjunior women core groupgoalkeepers khushboo hockey bhopal bichu devi kharibam madhya pradesh hockey academy chanchal hockey chandigarhdefenders priyanka hockey haryana salima tete hockey jharkhand asmita barla hockey odisha alka dung sports authority of india umra hockey him gagandeep kaur hockey haryana antim hockey him manisha chauhan hockey uttarakhand ishika choudhary madhya pradesh hockey academy supriya mundu hockey jharkhandmidfielders mahima chaudhary hockey haryana suman devi thoudam madhya pradesh hockey academy sunita yadav uttar pradesh hockey mariana kujur hockey odisha jyoti association of indian universities manju chorsiya hockey him baljeet kaur hockey punjab sadhna senger madhya pradesh hockey academy jiwan kishori toppo hockey gangpur odisha primanjali toppo hockey gangpurodishaforwards sangita kumari hockey jharkhand lalremsiami sports authority of india deepika soreng hockey jharkhand mumtaz khan uttar pradesh hockey lalrindiki hockey mizoram amrinder kaur hockey haryana janhabi pradhan hockey gangpur odisha