“During my childhood days I had not missed a single day without being on the ground. Today, we see the grounds missing in big colonies and schools. So, the children hardly find a chance to enjoy ground games. The current scenario of sports at the grass root level is very disturbing,” said Dr. Sudhir kadam, Hon. founder & V.C. of MGM institute of health Sciences, Navi Mumbai. He was speaking at the Sports Promotion workshop organised by Sportsnasha team in association with MGM Institute of health Sciences at their Navi Mumbai Campus on Sunday .
The energetic team of Sportsnasha led by Rajesh Deo and Aju Deshpande had invited many prominent personalities from different field of sports to demonstrate the skills of their respective games to inspire the students of MGM School and Physiotherapy institute.
The first session comprised of brief but inspiring speeches by renowned nutritionist Anuja Patel, Fitness coach Rupesh Pawar, director Rajani Patel, Shashank Dalvi, Vice Chancellor PRAVARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY – [PIMS], AHMED NAGAR, Dr. Yuvraj Singh, faculty of Physiotherapy department and other respected dignitaries from the institute. This was followed by discussion session in which group of panellists Prof. Rajesh Deo , Aju Deshpande from Sportsnasha team, Ulhas Shirke, Veteran National level TT Player, Dr. Harshada Rajadhyaksha Director & Premier Consultant- Prakruti Sports Science and Physiotherapy Clinic Pvt Ltd, the principal and Vice Principal of MGM School discussed on expressed their views on importance of sports among the students and also suggested the ways to create interest about sports in children and also creating proper infrastructure for the same especially in schools. Archery master and RJ Pankaj Athawale anchored this session.
All of them agreed that Participation in sports not only improves mental and physical fitness but also keeps the children away from various ailments and unwanted thinking , besides addiction to electronic gadgets including laptops & smart phones. The third session comprised of actual demonstration of different sports , when Veteran TT Players Ulhas Shirke & Aslam Redkar not only played an exhibition Table Tennis game but also trained about 80 students showing interest in this game the skills used in this game.
Rupesh Pawar (MCA and BCCI approved renowned Fitness Coach)Anuja Patel (Renowned Nutritionist),Pankaj Athawale (Archery Coach/Player), National level Karate Champions led by Shri Suryaprakash Mundapat and his team, Maharashtra’s top Shooter Om Kubal, Young Footballer Anurag Tawde also demonstrated the skills of their respective sports to the students. All these sports sessions received very good response. Thanks to team Sportsnasha, Dr. Yuvraj Singh from MGM Institute of Sports Sciences and the MGM Physiotherapy students who played important part in managing this event.