International Consultants to Conduct at some point AFI advance workshops in January « Athletics Federation of India

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The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to conduct superior one-day on-line workshops to replace the information of the Indian coaches, Ravinder Chaudhry, secretary of AFI mentioned on Wednesday.

“The net workshops might be performed by overseas specialists from throughout the globe from the primary week of January subsequent,” Chaudhry added. “The primary aim is to strengthen the ecosystem on the grassroots stage within the nation.”

The registration for the one-day on-line workshops might be open from December 10, the AFI secretary added.

Loren Seagrave of USA and Jonas Dodoo from England will conduct workshops in sprints and hurdles. The primary subject will be the most recent methodology of pace coaching.

Klaus Bartonietz, former coach of India’s double Olympic Video games medalist Neeraj Chopra, and Don Babbitt of USA will conduct a one-day on-line workshop on throws (biomechanic and technical mannequin of throws).

The workshop on center and lengthy distance  (newest technique of endurance coaching for prime efficiency) might be performed by Gunter Lange (Germany) and Scott Simmons (USA).

Georgian Valeri Obidko will conduct a seminar on jumps (biomechanic and technical mannequin of jumps).

Seminars on power and conditioning, and normal coaching methodology may also be performed.  “The AFI will cost a nominal charge of Rs 1000 per candidate to attend the web superior workshops,” Chaudhry added.

To enhance the teaching ecosystem within the nation the AFI began Coaches Training Programme in early 2018. “The programme included an AFI Pre Stage 1 teaching course. World Athletics Stage 1 and Stage 2 specialised programs with an goal to have 40,000 coaches by 2036,” the AFI secretary defined. “Until date there are greater than 1,000 Stage 1 coaches within the nation.”