Planning to resume individual training sessions for the sportsperson in athletic games considering the constant decline in number of Covid-19 cases across the state, Punjab Sports Department has sought necessary protocols from the Health Department.
The state Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Wednesday said that the Department is imparting virtual training to the players in various sports to prevent them from corona pandemic and also started conditioning the athletes.
“As the reports of increase in the attendance of players in the first week of October are pouring in, we are planning to resume normal practice sessions for some individual sports disciplines such as athletics, run, archery, shooting, javelin throw, shot put, long and high jump, weightlifting, gymnastic and cycling etc,” Sodhi said, adding that in these sports disciplines, players are not coming in direct physical contact to each other rather share equipments only.
The Sports Minister categorically said that the health protocols have been sought from the Health Department for the smooth conduct of the individual training sessions to keep ready our players for upcoming sports events keeping in view the Covid situations.
After getting the instructions from the Health Department, the file would be sent to the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for the approval to initiate individual training for the players.
Sodhi said we are getting positive response from young sportspersons and their parents to attend the practice sessions in individual sports gauging the low count of Covid-19 cases.
If the decline in Covid-19 cases remains to be continued, we further revisit our decision to start training for team events reviewing the safety measures for the players, he added.