The five-time double champions drew blanks in six attempts in their opening two Division One matches last week – against Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and Ipoh City Hall Juniors.
Prakash, who has been coaching the BJSS team since 2001, said that it was a big disappointment, considering that they have the top two junior penalty corner flickers in G. Kavin Kartik and Dangerous Lee.
“Penalty corners play an important part in winning matches but we are struggling in the execution of the set-pieces,” he said.
“Kavin and Dangerous perform well in training but they have failed to get it right in the league matches thus far.”
BJSS are in second place in the 10-team standings on full points from the victories over MBPJ (2-1) and Ipoh City Hall Juniors (2-0).
Their next match is against BJSS Juniors at the Education Ministry Turf today.
Prakash hopes that Kavin, who was in the national team for the 2009 Junior World Cup Finals in Johor Baru, would be able to score his first penalty corner goal of the season against BJSS Juniors.
“We are playing against our own junior team but it will not be easy if the conditions are hot and humid,” he said.
“We struggled to beat the Ipoh City Hall Junior team in the blistering heat on Sunday. I hope the weather will be favourable tomorrow.”
Prakash added that two key players - midfielder Mohd Azrul Hasbullah and forward C. Ahrujunan - would remain out of the team for the matches this weekend.
“Azrul is down with a knee injury while Ahrujunan has a hairline fracture on his left index finger,” he said.
“Both players have been out since league started and they are only expected to resume training next week.”
Prakash said that their toughest match this weekend would be against defending league champions Bandar Penawar Sports School (BPSS)-Thunderbolt on Saturday.
“We lost to them (1-2) last year. And the challenge will be on us to get the better of them,” he said.
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