chandigarh its been more than three years that roelant oltmans has been in the thick of indian hockey appointed as the high performance director in january 2013 his role has swung between monitoring performance scouting talent and answering sos calls from hockey india hi to double up as coach amid controversyridden musical chairs but oltmans took up and answered every challenge thrown at him and not just that under him the teams performance graph has risen both on the ground and in the international hockey federation fih rankings its not a surprise then that hi has asked for an extension of the dutchmans contract until the 2020 tokyo olympics the team has won elusive global medals most notably a silver medal at the 2016 champions trophy and appears a wellknit unit on and off the pitch and the sports authority of india sai shouldnt have much of an issue to okay his requestbut whats the secret behind oltmans longevity when coaches like jose brasa terry walsh and paul van ass have come and left in unceremonious circumstances for anyone to succeed in a different culture it is important how he does it one to one former india striker jagbir singh said talking to toi he oltmans is doing that very well not only with players but also the officials administrators and media he has a flexible and adjusting nature thats why he is having a long successful runjagbir also said that oltmans has nurtured a healthy challenging environment in the team which has helped him get the best out of players like rupinder pal singh whose 11 penaltycorner strikes helped india lift the asian champions trophy recentlywhen a coach starts challenging a player in a healthy way then there is always a good change every good coach and every good player need each other team is of 16 or 18 but to find match winners and use them consistently and sharpen them this skill oltmans has jagbir said