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Sports Authority of Gujarat
Excellence in
sports largely depends on the value the
local communities place on sports and the
resources and efficiency of the coaching
institutions. As compared to other States,
local communities in Gujarat do not seem to
place relatively higher value on excellence
in sports, as they seem to perceive the
opportunity cost of time and energy to be
much greater. It has to be noted that the
demand for sporting excellence will be made
during the child's formative years and
precisely at this stage there are
competitive demands on the child's time and
energy for excellence in studies. Without a
very high academic percentage, the child is
unlikely to get admission in engineering
that coaches invest three to four years of
intensive coaching in a promising child but
when the final thrust is required, the child
has to abandon all extra curricular
activities and concentrate on his studies
for Board Examinations. This is a major
constraint faced by most coaching
institutions in promoting excellence.
In view of
general ban on recruitment, a significant
number of coaches had remained unfilled or
vacant. While efforts to popularise a
culture of sports have been strengthened and
borne some fruit so that there is
participation of boys and girls in sports
activities, the number of coaches per 100
trainees has actually declined.
SAG has been
trying to develop sports infrastructure in
assocation with local agencies such as
collector, Municipal Commissioner or private
sponser.
A state of the
art Sports complex with facility of indoor &
outdoor game is under construction at
Khokhara(Maninagar) Ahmedabad, at an
estimated cost of Rs.302 lacs.
The success
also imposes a greater expectation not only
to maintain the level of success but also to
improve upon it within the systematic
constraint mentioned above. The SAG is
hoping to maintain the efforts to succeed
and improve mainly on the strength of the
experience on the regular coaches and help
of the local institutions.
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