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 Over 5,200 physical educators from Odisha and
Jharkhand were trained by Excellence in Learning
and Management of Sports – the Trusts’ partner for
the Physical Literacy programme - vis-à-vis
delivering engaging programmes to school children
as part of physical education.
 The Trusts set up a Sports Science team
comprising a Sports Scientist and Data Analyst,
which developed protocols and Standard
Operating Procedures for reducing injuries in
Local badminton tournament in Mizoram after Covid restrictions were lifted athletes practicing at competitive training
academies. Within 6 months of intervention, the
Key Achievements injury rate reduced by 66%. An Athlete
Management System was also implemented at the
 Given the restrictions for on-ground  Online workshops were conducted for coaches ONTHHPC, which will use technology to track the
implementation due to the pandemic, the team across programmes to improve their skills, post performance and well-being of athletes.
adopted innovative technological solutions to which they were assessed through quizzes to gauge
engage coaches and children. About 40 short their level of understanding.
videos of fitness exercises were developed by the Future Plans
 The new residential and administrative building of
team in consultation with sports science experts
the Naval Tata Hockey Academy was inaugurated by
and about 3,900 children accessed the content to  The integration of sports within the Education
the Chairman, Mr. R. N. Tata on March 2, 2021. This
improve their physical fitness. theme will result in a stronger focus on developing
facility will house 52 young players, handpicked in-school programmes to improve physical literacy.
 Training in sports techniques, using the Shadow through a rigorous selection process, a majority of Given that online schooling has been detrimental to
training method, was conducted by coaches of the them coming from the tribal areas of Jharkhand. children’s physical activities and social
Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy through
 The Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance development, enjoyable, all-inclusive physical
online platforms for competitive players in the
Centre (ONTHHPC) was amongst the few residential activities, integrated with academics, can play a
Mizoram Badminton Programme. Notably, this
academies in India that continued to operate major role in breaking the ice when back in school.
programme was declared a winner at the eNGO
throughout the pandemic, following strict protocols Pilot programmes would be taken up in specific
Challenge Awards (2020-21) for the adoption of
and housing the inmates in a secure bio-bubble. states to understand the outcomes and impacts of
innovative training methods.
Notably, the Centre hosted the first edition of the the same.
Hockey India Junior & Sub-Junior Women Academy  The focus would be on adoption of Standard
National Championships 2021 at the Kalinga Operating Procedures so that programmes can be
Stadium, Bhubaneswar, in March 2021.
replicated in other regions.
 The first-ever Odisha Grassroots League was also  Sports science learnings from hockey in Odisha
organised, allowing about 300 players to showcase would be implemented at competitive training
their skills acquired through the grassroots centres in Mizoram (Badminton) and
training programmes.
Uttarakhand (Athletics).

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