Jai Bharat Hockey Academy
Once upon a time ace forward, Rajesh Chauhan, is busy trying to improve the standard of hockey in the country. And he appears to be
quite passionate about it.
quite passionate about it.
With this purpose in mind he has started the ‘Jai Bharat Hockey Academy‘ similar to our Pulela Gopichand’s badminton academy. This has been built in the premises of Mata Sukhdevi Senior Secondary School, on Delhi border. It has been a culmination of the joint efforts of Rajesh Chauhan and legislator, Devendra Yadav. The mission of this academy is said to be arouse interest in the children of the nearby villages towards hockey and contribute some good players to the national hockey side in the future.
The academy was inaugurated on Sunday by former President of the Indian Hockey Federation,Mr.K.P.S.Gill. Also present on the occasion were former coach of the men’s and women’s national hockey team Maharaj Krishna Kaushik, former captain of the national women’s hockey team, Preetam Siwachand national women’s team’s midfielder, Mamta Kharba.
Rajesh Chauhan has been involved in improving the status of Indian hockey since the last ten years. Former national coach, Kaushik too shares this passion with him. In the year 2000, Chauhan had built a hockey nursery in Karad near Sonepat. But due to paucity of space the children are now training at the Chauhan-Joshi SAI centre at Sonepat. Chauhan said,”If we improve the system then we can expect some good results in hockey. Those who run the system should have the passion to uplift the game. Recently Delhi has won the Federation cup organised by IHF at Jalandhar. In this team there were seven players from the Jai Bharat Academy. After losing to Punjab in the league match by 1-6, the Delhi team beat them in the final 2-1. We have to give full credit to the players as with little experience on astroturf they could
perform so well.
perform so well.
The academy students are living in a hostel near the school. The expenses for the education are being borne by Sukhdevi school, while training is being taken care of by the Jai Bharat Academy charitable and welfare trust. I am ready to cooperate with everybody concerned to uplift the status of Indian hockey. In the academy we will provide training to under-11, under-14 and under-16 players. We will train them especially in trapping and defending penalty corners. We also intend to train them on astroturf once or twice a week. If former international players spare some time to interact with the budding players then definitely Indian hockey can do better. “
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