Derek Salmond
Midfield/Defence, Inverleith
Age: 24
Number of caps:24
Goals Scored: -
When you are not playing hockey for Scotland, what is your occupation?
Trainee territory manager with Johnson and Johnson.
What is the hardest thing about your training programme?
Fitting in a social life.
What is the strangest thing you keep in your stick bag?
Nothing out of the ordinary, I stick to the basics: stick, gumshield, shinguards etc.
What is the most amusing thing that you have seen on a hockey pitch?
Watching my friend call us to the middle of the pitch for a huddle and not noticing the water canon in the middle of the pitch pop up and give him a colonic! Brilliant.
What are you reading lately?
This e-mail.
Dogs or Cats?
Dogs
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 5 things would you take?
1. N64 plus Mario Kart (and TV)
2. Windsurfing kit
3. Fridge freezer full of cold bottled drinks, ice cream and after sun
4. A parasol
5. All my friends
When did you start playing hockey and what was it that drove you to play for your country?
I started playing when I was 6 I think, by being dragged along by my mum, I didn't really like it at first because it was boring. It wasn't until we started playing in tournaments (under 10’s at Steps is one that comes to mind) that I really started to like it.
What drove me on? I guess it was the competition; I train hard because I want to give myself the best opportunity to win. It’s all about winning.