Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SHOPIAN, Oct 9: Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council’s month-long coaching camp in hockey discipline has concluded in Sports Stadium Shopian. The aim of the camp was to bring sports coaching to door steps.
Around 30 players had registered for the camp at Sports Stadium Shopian inaugurated by Nuzhat Gul, Secretary J&K Sports Council. Joginder Singh, Hockey Coach of J&K Sports Council was specially deputed in Shopian district for the camp. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul remarked that the coaching camp in the peripheries of the Union Territory will not only help in unearthing of hidden talent but also become a mean to add to talent to sports pool of J&K.
Also, Principal Secretary Youth Services & Sports said, “this methodology of customizing the coaching programmes in peripheral areas with minimum or no reach to advance coaching will go a long way in fetching remarkable results.”
Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, appreciated the idea of reach out programme in sports and directed that such programmes should become a regular feature in other districts of the Union Territory.
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