As many as 3,000 children are learning the tricks of different games at the Madhya Pradesh Sports academy at TT Nagar stadium, where summer camp is being organised from April 16, 2016.
The children come to TT Nagar stadium every morning and evening. They are first energized and warmed up with aerobics. The children moving in unison on music is a marvelous sight.
Every year Sports and Youth Welfare Department organizes summer camp all through the state.
This year, as an initiative of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia the summer camp has been connected to ‘Gram Uday se Bharat Uday’ campaign. In the state the summer camp has been organised from April 14 to May 23 and the children will be trained in various sports.
Director, Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain said that to provide them better training, for every 30 children there is one coach. These coaches are training the children in 25 different sports, he added. He said that it is a golden opportunity
for the children and it is the time when the talents are found and trained for
national and international level competitions.
In TT Nagar stadium the camp will be conducted till June 15 to find real talents and prepare them for national and international competitions.
Jain further said that the academy is selecting talented sportspersons through talent search and enrolling them in different sports academy. The selected children will also be provided with boarding and day boarding facility.