When he looks back at the time when he worked for the national team, he mentions the championship in Vancouver. According to him, there was a better chance to succeed. “We had Nečas, Kauz and Zadina, they were the TOP three players,” he recalls. But in one breath he points to the harsh reality. “Only Martin Nečas has the position he should have. Kaut is now getting a bit of a chance, but Zadina is still struggling with it , fight with it.”
In short, there were not as many talents in Czech hockey at that time as in the past. “Now we have more guys who are moving in attack and defense, patience is needed. If the concept is right with the youth, it’s about turning the tide to the better side,” he looks to the future with some optimism.
However, Příklep moderator Honzo Homolko reminds the former representative’s earlier statements about the fact that we are still not competitive with the best in the 18 and 20 teams. “You said that you think young people are less hard-working,” mentions Homolka, chief commentator of 02 TV. “I think that hard work is less, maybe young people don’t focus so much on one sport,” Eliáš muses aloud.
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He got a picture of reality, for example, thanks to an interview with Jan Hlaváč, who trains young boys in Sparta. “He said that they have intensive training on Mondays and Tuesdays, Wednesdays are off. Thursday and Friday are training sessions and on the weekend they have matches,” Eliáš relates that Hlaváč told him that the club does not want the boys to train extra, that what they have in Sparta is enough for them.
Elijah just shakes his head at that. In America, young people train differently, as do the sons of former Czech national team players. “It’s about them doing extra things, they’re on shooting practice, on skill training and no one has to tell them anything,” points out the New Jersey legend. , how much they thought, how much they train,” adds Eliáš, adding that he knows well how some parents place too much power on young hockey players for a change, so it’s good to balance everything sensibly. “But training is a bit underrated here.”
