Monday, September 26, 2011

Delhi to have five Sports R&D Centres

New Delhi will soon have research and development centres focusing on five sporting disciplines.
The Dhyan Chand Stadium(hockey),JN stadium(football and athletics),Talkatora(swimming),Indira Gandhi Stadium(gymnastics) will house these institutes,which will gather information on how these sports are run in other countries,their training methods,the equipment and other supports systems.It will also suggest ways to adapt them to Indian conditions.
The new strategies will be tested in national camps,according to SAI director general DD Verma.An ambitious project by any yardstick,Verma feels India ought to have taken this step a while back.According to him,foreign professionals in specialized fields such as physiology and recovery will be appointed.

1 comment:

  1. I reckon that these initiatives could have been put into place before the commencement of CWG'10.
    Also, lets contemplate, as to how, will our authorities reciprocate, once the NSDB is brought out.

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