Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 13: J&Okay Sports Council and Sports Authority of India have come collectively to flourish sports activities within the Union Territory of J&Okay. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the premier sports activities physique of J&Okay will collaborate with SAI for the enlargement of the footprints of Khelo India facilities in J&Okay.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of J&Okay Sports Council was signed by Secretary, Nuzhat Gul whereas Nadeem Dar, Deputy Director, incharge J&Okay and Ladakh represented Sports Authority of India.
Pertinently the Khelo India facilities have been allotted to J&Okay in a phased method and within the first part round 40 Khelo India facilities have been awarded to J&Okay in 2020-21. Recently 60 extra facilities have been added to the present quantity making it hundred Khelo India facilities, the very best for any State or Union Territory of the nation.
Sarmad Hafeez Secretary, Department of Youth Services and Sports mentioned two autonomous our bodies coming collectively will assist the sports activities to develop in all corners of the UT and the very best services for gamers will imply increasingly individuals taking over the sport.
Secretary Sports Council Nuzhat Gul mentioned with the signing of the MoU, J&Okay sports activities will usher into a brand new period the place the expertise will meet its due recognition and equal alternative in the case of honing the talents and making a reputation within the subject of sports activities.
Sports pundits contemplate this to be one of many exceptional interventions for making the Union Territory of J&Okay a sports activities hub as Khelo India facilities particularly allotted to J&Okay will additional the impetus of sporting tradition in J&Okay.
As a three way partnership of Sports Council and SAI, a low-cost efficient coaching mechanism has been labored out whereby previous champion athletes would turn out to be coaches and mentors to coach the longer term stars of the area and, run the coaching autonomously and earn their livelihood.
Most of the Khelo India facilities are outfitted with state-of-the-art services, extremely certified coaches, and a spread of coaching packages that cater to the wants of athletes from numerous age teams and disciplines. This has not solely helped within the general improvement of sports activities within the area however has additionally inspired increasingly kids to take up sports activities as a viable profession choice.
In addition to scouting the very best expertise within the district, every of those facilities lays particular emphasis on taking sports activities to the grassroots stage and appearing as a substitute association for the locations the place no sports activities actions existed earlier.