Last Updated: February 28, 2024, 16:09 IST
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur (heart) with Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi (second from proper), retired athletes Abhinav Bindra (second from left) and Anju Bobby George (excessive proper). (PTI Photo)
Abhinav Bindra was talking throughout a conclave aimed toward supporting excessive-stage analysis in excessive efficiency and sports activities coaching.
For India to develop right into a sporting powerhouse, it must develop not simply state of the artwork infrastructure but additionally undertake scientific mindset, champion shooter Abhinav Bindra mentioned on Wednesday, calling upon coaches to embrace sports activities science of their coaching strategies.
Bindra, India’s first particular person Olympic champion, was talking on the Bharat Sports Science Conclave.
“Coaches as the custodians of athletic progress must embrace sports science to fine-tune their training methodologies to this digital age,” Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist, mentioned.
“To ascend to the Olympic echelon as a nation, we must embed sports science into every layer of our athletic framework. It is not just the state-of-the-art facilities but the integration of the scientific mindset from the grassroots to elite levels that will catalyze India’s growth into a global sporting powerhouse.
“The importance of starting at the grassroots level cannot be overstated. It is here we must begin to instill a culture of precision analytics, and evidence-based training methods,” the 41-yr-outdated added.
The one-day conclave, aimed toward supporting excessive-stage analysis in excessive efficiency and sports activities coaching, was organised by TransStadia University, the schooling arm of TransStadia Education and Research Foundation in affiliation with the National Centre of Sports Science and Research (NCSSR).
Sports minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned sports activities science performs an necessary function within the growth of gamers.
“Elements of sports science are used to support athletes in their training to help them understand their strengths, improve and challenge their strengths toward their goals.
“Sports science has played a crucial role in the success of most major athletes across sports disciplines. So, we are also ensuring the presence of a sports science department at our National Centers of Excellence in the country,” he mentioned.
Bindra reckoned that the gathering on the Conclave is a testomony “to the pioneering spirit in the forward-thinking approach of our nation in the realm of sports science.”
Multiple displays got here up throughout the Conclave from those that principally work behind the scenes as mentors to future sports activities stars.
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