Updated on: Saturday, March 30, 2013
City based Park Global School will launch a sports academy to nurture budding talent in various sports disciplines.
Anusha R, CEO, Park Instiutions, told reporters, the Academy would start functioning from the 2013-14 academic year and students would be trained in various sports like basketball, football, volleyball and tennis, so that it can bring about the best of sports infrastructure in all areas, including co-curriculum and sports.
Gautam Gadgil, Director, Aspire Academies, said, the Institution has tied up with Aspire Academies, which in association with World Cricket Academy, would provide excellent professional coaching for cricket in the summer camp.
Aspire would also provide professional training for all other sports by experts year around, he said, adding the World Cricket Academy is headed by Zubin Bharucha, currently the technical director of Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
To start with, a summer Cricket Coaching camp would be held from May 2 to 22, in which nearly 100 students in each batch in the age group of 8-16 years, are expected to participate, Anusha said.
The camp would have two batches with speciality coach being Sadagopan Ramesh, a former India batsman, she said.