Atlas Khan calls for establishment of modern squash academies

Atlas Khan, gold medalist of the World Team Championship in Otto, Canada and elder brother of former World Squash Champion Jansher Khan, Thursday said that for achieving lost glory focus would be given to establish modern squash academies across Pakistan. He said that for achieving the lost glory we have to work more hard instead of concentrating just on time passing. The players should have to go through four-hour daily practice session alongside physical training on modern line in the morning would be able to face toughest future challenges in the world of squash.
The finalist of the British Open and Paris Open and remained coach of the Bahrain and Japan national teams, Atlas Khan, who recently appointed as PAF Squash Academy Peshawar coach, underlined the need for adopting training and coaching on modern line instead of just time passing.
"We have to focus more in the right direction by putting all the upcoming players into courts for four-hour training and physical training under qualified trainers," Atlas Khan said. Father of former World No. 14 and Asian Champion Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan No. 1 Danish Atlas, Ex-National Junior Champion Naveed Atlas and currently China National Coach Khalid Atlas said that in just two months times he changed the affairs of PAF Squash Academy Peshawar into modern lines by ensure equal times to the players rather putting only their name plates on squash courts in PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex.
"We have to change the old perception and trend earlier precedent of just hanging names plates on courts rather concentrating on player's training under the supervision of qualified trainers," he remarked. Honored with President Pride of Performance Atlas Khan lauded President Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force, for brining international squash to Pakistan.
He said with bringing international squash events in Pakistan would help increasing international ranking of the players besides providing them a chance to play side-by-side with top players of the world on home courts. Finalists of British Amateur and Paris Open, Atlas Khan also coached his younger brother Jansher Khan for 15-years who won eight times World Championship, six times British Open and remained No. 1 for 10-years, disclosed that earlier the players comprising Qamar Zaman, Jehangir Khan and Jansher Khan were hard workers but now the players are reluctant of hard working.
"Without hard working no player can achieve name and fame at the world level," he said, adding "Competition are now changed into more challenging because of introduction of modern day facilities both physically and during practice," he said. "I have decided to work with the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) for the promotion of the squash in which the country once ruled the world and assisting PSF to work for the betterment of the game," said Atlas Khan. "I have tailored a plan with the PSF according to which the game will be promoted from the grass-root level," he said.