HOCKEY INDIA & SAI TO ESTABLISH HIGH PERFORMANCE HOCKEY CENTRES

HOCKEY INDIA & SAI TO ESTABLISH HIGH PERFORMANCE HOCKEY CENTRES

Sports Authority of India(SAI) and Hockey India has announced the plan of establishing the high performance hockey centres.

These High Performance centres aims to provide state-of-the-art facilities to junior and subjunior players.

The move is aimed at grooming young talent in view of 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games.

These high performance hockey centres will be establishing in seven places across India.

These 7 Centres will be set up under the Khelo India scheme and will have expert professional training of the youngstars.

The monitoring of these high performance hockey centres will be done by Hockey India.

The seven High Performance Hockey Centres will be installed at :

1. SAI Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka (South Zone)

2. Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi (North Zone)

3. SAI Sundergarh, Odisha (East Zone)

4. SAI UDMCC, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (Central Zone)

5. SAI NS NEC, Takyel, Imphal, Manipur (North-East Zone)

6. Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra (West Zone)

7. SAI Centre, Ranchi and Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium (East Zone II)

The high performance hockey centres will accommodate 72 men and 72 women players in the range of 14 to 24 years.