Everything You Should Know about Sports Academies in Chandigarh

1. Everything You Should Know about Sports Academies in Chandigarh “One man practising sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.” Introduction India is home to the second-largest population in the world. A wide variety of religions, cultures, and languages practised by the huge population contribute to its diversity. With such a huge population, India is a goldmine of Talent, be it in the field of Arts & Literature, Science & Technology, Commerce & Economics and of course not to forget Sports. The country boasts of contributing some of the best players in the World. PT Usha, Sachin Tendulkar, Major Dhyan Chand, Sunil Gavaskar, Mary Com, Abhinav Bindra, Milkha Singh and PV Sindhu are just a few names and the list goes on. The State of Punjab including Chandigarh has given some of the best sports players like Milkha Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Bishan Singh Bedi to just name a few.

2. Indian Government has set up a lot of Sports academies to provide training in different kinds of sports. Around 250 academies are run by Spots Academy of India while a similar number of privately run academies also exist. Here is a description of the top Academies & Stadiums in Chandigarh & the training facilities they provide CLTA CLTA stands for Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association. It is an elected body to promote and provide training in Lawn Tennis to young talents, both boys and girls. It runs a residential training academy for players. It has been believed that Tennis is the game of the rich. But the CLTA has made sure that every talent from rural to urban areas gets the training required for playing; no matter to which social strata he or she belongs. There aretraining programsfor kids between the age of 5 to 18. You can join the training at CLTA if you have no previous training and just wish to start your coaching with experts or even if you are an academy player. There are group coaching as well as private coaching sessions. The Admission fee varies from somewhere between Rs 1500 to 15000, besides the monthly fees depending on your age and experience. The CLTA has well-maintainedtwelve courts that are for day and night training, out of which six of them arefloodlit. There are a plethora of facilities provided by the association including the CLTA Tennis stadium, Gymnasium, Hostel, Cafeteria, Media room, Health & physiotherapy. The CLTA spreads across a huge area of 300 acresin the Chandigarh Leisure Valley. The Association has successfully generated some of the best players of Lawn Tennis and continues to train the young talents of the country. Hockey Stadium

3. Hockey has been a popular game in India and the City Beautiful has the honour of having the second-largest terrace field Hockey stadiumin the entire world. The famous hockey stadium is located in the Sports Complex, Sector 42 Chandigarh. The Sports complex is spread over 40 acres of land and provides training for games like wrestling, kabaddi, judo, boxing and handball. The stadium also has a hostel within its premises and provides accommodation facilities to the trainees. It wasbuilt in 1960 and has a seating capacity of 30,000. It went through renovation once in 2007. It has been sixty years and the Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh is still not only well maintained but has grown in terms of facilities and resources. It is also famous since it had been a home ground for Chandigarh Dynamos in the Premier Hockey League and Chandigarh Comets in World Series Hockey. Some of the famous tournaments held here are: ● Asian School Hockey tournaments ● Indo Pan Am Hockey 1995 ● Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup ● National School Games ● All India Women Festival ● Indo-Uzbekistan 1977 ● Punjab Gold Cup PCA Stadium History of PCA PCA stands for Punjab Cricket Association. Before independence, it was under British rule and its headquarters were in Lahore. After independence, the state of Punjab got divided between two countries, India & Pakistan. The Punjab that came under India named its association as East Punjab Cricket Association. Later its name was changed to North Punjab Cricket Association.

4. Punjab Cricket Association again came into existence in 1968 when Southern Punjab Cricket Association merged with North Punjab Cricket Association and was renamed as Punjab Cricket Association. Stadium The construction of the PCA stadium in Mohali started in1992on the borders of Chandigarh in Mohali. And today, it is one of the best cricket stadiums in the country. It took complete two years to change a marsh & swamp-filled area into a modern stadium with world-class amenities. It is an amazing venue with some of the best facilities for spectators and has sufficient provision for media. It has been called theliveliest pitch in the country. The memorable match between New Zealand and India where India rolled over at 83 in 1999 took place on this pitch. But in the later years, the stadium witnessed some high scorings draws which lead its pitch to being called a dead pitch. Some of the most thrilling and fill-filled matches have been held here including One day matches. The famous World Cup semi-final match in 1996 between Austral & West Indies was another historic match played on the pitch of PCA Stadium, Chandigarh. Conclusion Sports have become important in every country and every nation sets aside a budget for providing the best training & development facilities for its players. There are private academies as well which give training to the sports players. India has some of the best Government aided and privately owned training academies which contribute some of the most talented players to the nation. If you are planning to join sports, do proper research and join the academy which has the best coaches and facilities. Chandigarh has some of the best training academies for Lawn Tennis, Cricket and Hockey. These are some of the most popular games in today’s generation.

5. You can learn from the country’s most qualified coaches through modern training facilities to upgrade your talent and bring good results for your hard work. If you further wish to know more about the sports academies in Chandigarh, you can visit the website www.wowchandigarh.com. This website will give you detailed information about the city's sports and training facilities. Plot No. D160, Ph-8, Ind. Area, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India