The head coach of the men鈥檚 national development team for field hockey, Inderpal 鈥淚ndy鈥� Sehmbi grew up in Richmond and with that city鈥檚 competitive club.
For five years, he was an assistant coach for Team Canada and took the U18 squad to the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanging, China. In the international debut of hockey 5s, Canada won a silver medal.
Earlier this year, Sehmbi and the national U21s won another silver medal for Canada, this time at the Junior Pan Am Games in Toronto. The podium finish earned the Canadians a berth at the World Cup, a tournament that comes around once every four years and starts this week in Lucknow, India.
The Canadians face the hosts on the opening day of competition.
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A teacher, Sehmbi, 36, is the athletic director at Eric Hamber secondary in South Cambie where he coaches basketball, field hockey and keeps .
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What is your idea of perfect happiness? Chocolate chip cookie with the appropriate cookie to chocolate ratio.
What is your greatest fear? Failure and disappointing people I care about.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My shyness
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Ignorance
Which living person do you most admire? My parents, my grandparents and Optimus Prime.
On what occasion do you lie? To protect someone from getting hurt.
What is the quality you most like in a man? Funny
What is the quality you most like in a woman? Funny
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? 鈥淎nyone have any comments? Questions? Interesting thoughts?鈥�
Which talent would you most like to have?听 Read minds. It would make coaching a lot easier. It would make taking risk a lot easier.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Just a little more patience鈥�
What do you consider your greatest achievement? As a coach, Youth Olympic Games silver medal. For my career, achieving my goal of becoming a teacher. As a person, having my parents tell me they are proud of me.
What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty
Who are your favorite writers? Stephen Hawking and Bill Bryson
Who is your hero of fiction? Optimus Prime
What did you want to be when you were growing up? Ever since I was 15, I wanted to be a teacher for my career. From the age of eight, I always wanted to play on the men鈥檚 national field hockey team.
High tops or flip flops? Flip-Flops
How are you like your father? We are both comedians, historians, the youngest in our families and we love family drives through B.C.
What was the first sport you played as a child? Soccer
What were the first points you remember scoring? In soccer, a toe punt from the centre line. A kid ducked, and the ball hit his butt, changed direction and went in to the net.
What was the first live sports game you saw? Dad took me to see Wayne Gretzky when he played for the Kings. Last game of the season. Standing room only at the PNE. Gretzky didn鈥檛 dress. I enjoyed the frosted malt and hanging out with my dad more than watching Gretzky anyways.
What is your favourite live sports memory as a spectator? India vs Pakistan field hockey. I鈥檝e seen them play a bunch. You don鈥檛 have to know anything about field hockey to enjoy watching these two teams play.
What is your favourite live sports memory as a participant? They all mean a lot.
What is the most useful feedback a coach gave you? "Simplicity is Genius" --- Gene Muller
What is the most important thing you can teach young athletes? Do what you love to do.
What skill do you find hardest? I struggle with my short game in golf鈥� putting, chipping, you name it.
Who would play you in a movie of your life? If there was an Indian Ryan Gosling, he could play me.
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