50 U14 boys & girls invited to India’s national coaching camp in New Delhi

BFI News: 50 under-14 boys and girls from across India have been chosen based on their performances at the most recent Sub-Junior National Championship for a national coaching camp in the capital New Delhi, set to be held for a month from October 29-November 28 2012 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The camp will be conducted by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).

In order to develop future talent for basketball in India, the BFI is making several efforts to upgrade the standard of Indian basketball and is striving to achieve the best with help of international level training, promising young players, and the expertise of international and domestic coaches.

The camp is an important step if Indian basketball is to be competitive at the international level, as it is imperative to acclimatise the young players to high level training and competition to prepare them for future international competitions. The players in the under-14 camp will be participating in two basketball practices and one strength training session per day to ensure they are provided the proper foundation of basketball fundamentals and strength. Throughout the camp, the players will compete in friendly matches against various domestic teams; including school, college and state teams. This will allow them to implement their training and coaches to evaluate the performances.

Here is the full list of players invited for the camp

Boys

• S. Sai Kumar (Andhra Pradesh)
• K. Bharghav (Andhra Pradesh)
• Pranav Nair (Delhi)
• Akshay Adhana (Haryana)
• Sahil Kalyan (Haryana)
• Sameer Qurshei (Maharashtra)
• Mohamed Sharikh Mogradia (Maharashtra)
• Abdul Khalid Khan (Maharashtra)
• Zorinsanga (Mizoram)
• Saurabh Kharab (Madhya Pradesh)
• Himanshu Singh Bisht (Madhya Pradesh)
• Mayank Barde (Madhya Pradesh)
• Shubhmeet Singh (Punjab)
• Jaskaran Singh (Punjab)
• Aakash Khatik (Rajasthan)
• Mohit Jakhar (Rajasthan)
• Abbas Ali (Rajasthan)
• P. Bala Dhaneshwar (Tamil Nadu)
• Adarsh Premsan J. (Tamil Nadu)
• Ajay Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
• Chandan Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
• Alok Kumar Shaw (West Bengal)
• Suman Majhi (West Bengal)
• Binod Rajak (West Bengal)
• Saddam Hossain (West Bengal)
• Coaches: Rajeshvar Rao Kalva (Chhattisgarh); Paramdeep Singh (Punjab)

Girls

• Mahima Bhardwaj (Chhattisgarh)
• Vimla Ekka (Chhattisgarh)
• Laxmi Sravanthi (Chhattisgarh)
• Gulabsha Ali (Chhattisgarh)
• Manisha Gujar (Chhattisgarh)
• Bharti Kuhar (Haryana)
• Namrata Hooda (Haryana)
• Sandhya C. R. (Karnataka)
• Annapurna C. (Karnataka)
• Snigddha (Karnataka)
• Reyna Katherine (Kerala)
• Akhila Mohan (Kerala)
• Shreema (Maharashtra)
• Rucha (Maharashtra)
• Rutuja (Maharashtra)
• Palak Malik (Madhya Pradesh)
• Pooja Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
• Deeksha Masram (Madhya Pradesh)
• Prabhjot Kaur (Punjab)
• M. Nishanthi (Tamil Nadu)
• J. Ishwarya (Tamil Nadu)
• I. Amritha (Tamil Nadu)
• Shreyabhi Vats (Uttar Pradesh)
• Harshita Balyan (Uttar Pradesh)
• Pallavi Kumari (West Bengal)
• Coaches: Kuldeep Singh Brar (MP); Divya Singh (Delhi)