Over 1000 Sports Authority of India (SAI) trainees undergoing training in various disciplines at different centres across the country are expected to benefit soon from a MoU signed between UK Sports and Indian government.
Under the agreement, SK Saggar, a top SAI official, recently made a trip to London to study the UK Sports talent identification programme.
With the focus on the 2010 Commonwealth Game, SAI will soon introduce the new plans. “We hope the new concepts will help improve performance,” he said.
Saggar is expected to go around India to apprise SAI’s coaches about the new methods of training.
Some of the ideas are not really new—like having a sports psychologist with the team—but they are not utilised to the optimum level here.
Saggar said more emphasis should be given on support staff when preparing for big events. “The concept of support staff is quite popular in UK. Any good training system is as productive as its support staff. UK Sports is fully using that concept to prepare its teams for 2012. We shouldn’t ignore it,” he added.
Saggar added that SAI officials at regional level will be collecting data of children between 7 to 11 years of age. It’s a good concept to scout for talent, keeping in mind the required physique for each discipline. It will help to increase bench strength,” he added.
Saggar also said that pockets rich in naturally talent must be given scientific backing. “Individuals are working hard but team support is lacking. That could be one of the reasons for diminishing returns,” he said.
According to Saggar, primary and the special schools are the basics foundation of UK Sports’ programme. “In UK, under the scheme there are at least 2000 trained teachers for primary and special schools,” he said.
Children in the age group of 7 to 11 years are introduced to physical activities. Talented kids graduate to secondary school and those with more potential got to special sports colleges. There are 17 of them.
According to Saggar, in primary school, where basic movements of a child is observed, there are only two training sessions per week. And the number of sessions go up as the child progresses.
However, he was not allowed to see the training of the core group of athletes who were preparing for the 2012 Olympics.
Source: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/SAI-to-revamp-coaching-schemes/243636/
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