The sports will unlock in State from Tuesday. The Covid protocol will be followed strictly after unlocking the sport activities in the State.
A meeting of sports coaches and officials was organized on Friday. It was conducted by Director Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain. Joint Director Vinod Pradhan and Mr. BS Yadav and other officers were also present in the meeting. Sanjana Kiran, Chief Psychologist from Singapore, Chief Instructor Shooting from Italy Mansher Singh, besides coaches and officials of sports academies operating in Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Shivpuri participated in the meeting by joining online.
Pawan Jain said that keeping in view the situation of Covid, sports activities will be started in a phased manner. He said that keeping in view the proposed sports competitions and trials in July and August, boarding players are being called for regular training. Jain, while receiving information about the number of boarding players and their performance from sports coaches, said that first national and international level medal winners will be called for training.
Jain informed that the first non-contact games would be started with the aim of providing benefits of training to the upcoming national and international sports competitions and the players participating in them. Under this, fencing, men's and women's hockey, shooting, horse riding, water sports athletics, cricket and archery sports will be started. He urged the sports coaches to give necessary suggestions after discussing them.
He instructed the officials to take necessary action as per the suggestions given by the coaches. He said that separate time should be fixed for day boarding and training of boarding players. Medical fitness certificate should be obtained from the former Kovid affected player. Strict adherence to the Covid protocol should be ensured in the training area.
The Sports Director instructed the officials to take action to convene a parent-coach meeting on Sunday.