With the aim of producing Olympic champions, the Sri Ramachandra Centre for Sports Science (CSS) established a full-fledged hockey academy, catering to athletes from the grassroots to the Olympic level. The main objectives are to train and offer coaching facilities to help players improve their fitness levels, mental toughness, and finishing qualities in a scientific manner.
Former India skipper and Olympian, Padmashri V. Baskaran, heads the Hockey Academy as its Director. He is deeply focused on monitored and scientifically executed coaching to develop hockey players of a world-class level.
The newly laid hockey turf at the Shri NPV Ramaswamy Udayar Hockey Centre was inaugurated in 2021 by Shri Kiren Rijiju, then Hon’ble Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports. The turf is certified by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and serves as a perfect training base.
The academy is ably supported by the sports science infrastructure of Sri Ramachandra CSS, including Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Sports Nutrition, Sports Psychology, and High Performance Training.
All the coaching programs will be managed by National Cricket Academy (NCA) qualified coaches. Participants will get the opportunities to play matches and also be trained in essential Life Skills in the field of Communication, Leadership, Decision Making, Creative Thinking, Interpersonal Relationship, Emotional Maturity, Time Management etc.
Padmashri V Baskaran, Director, Hockey giving his expert inputs for improving the Drag & Flick technique during the 3D Biomechanics assessment.
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