Coaches Conclave 2015
Badminton National Champion and Olympian Aparna Popat and senior Sports Journalist Sharda Ugra speaking with Dr. Shama Kittur, IOC certified sports nutritionist
Expert sports and exercise scientist Shayamal Vallabhjee with long time Indian cricket team physiotherapist John Gloster and Daniel Clark from Sports Medicine Australia
GoSports Foundation Managing Trustee Nandan Kamath delivers the welcome address to all attendees
Listeners rapt as Nandan Kamath shares the vision behind the Coaches' Conclave 2015
Badminton Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand, in his talk on Make in India Changing the Face of Indian Badminton, stressed the need to focus on support and initiatives for coaches in the Indian sports ecosystem
Gopichand highlighted the positive developments in Indian sport and compared them to the days when he had to struggle in his initial days when he was attempting to start his badminton academy.
Leadership trainer Girish Manimaran moderated a panel discussion on Excellence in Indian Coaching, with Senior Sports Journalist Sharda Ugra, Olympian Aparna Popat, renowned Golf Coach Vijay Divecha, and Dronacharya Award winner Nihar Ameen
A Q&A session followed each panel discussion, where delegates at the conclave shared their concerns and questions for the panellists and the audience.
The panellists were then given mementos as a token of thanks, following their discussion where they each stressed that coaches should adapt and evolve with their athletes
Prasanna Choudhari, Jt. MD Nutra Supplements (Conclave Partners), spoke on Winning with Clean Sport and the importance of using certified dope-free nutritional supplements
GoSports Foundation Programme Director Saisudha Sugavanam moderated the morning's talks and panel discussions
Prasanna Choudhari, Jt. MD Nutra Supplements, receives a token of thanks from GoSports Foundation Marketing Director Deepthi Bopaiah
Swimming Coach of many Olympians, Nihar Ameen, spoke about Make in India- Swimming Against the Tide-his journey over three decades, creating Olympian swimmers for India
Golf Coach Vijay Divecha, Sports Physiotherapist John Gloster, Olympian Aparna Popat, Badminton Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand, Swim Coach Nihar Ameen, and Tennis Coach Zeeshan Ali.
GSF Managing Trustee Nandan Kamath moderates the second panel discussion on the Way Forward for Indian Coaching, with panellists Manisha Malhotra,Coach Pullela Gopichand, Coach Zeeshan Ali, and Sport & Exercise Scientist Shayamal Vallabhjee
The panellists with their mementos post the panel discussion, where they each highlighted the need for creating coaching pathways and athlete development structures, to incorporate more athletes in the system as coaches
Renowned sports physiotherapist John Gloster speaks on "Citius, Altius, Fortius, with the Help of Sports Science"
Olympian Aparna Popat with GoSports Foundation Programme Director Saisudha Sugavanam
GoSports Foundation Programme Director Saisudha Sugavanam moderates the third panel discussion on The Importance of Sports Science, with Former Cricketer and Mental Conditioning Coach Sujith Somasundar, Renowned Nutritionist Ryan Fernando, Sports Physiotherapist John Gloster, and Sports Medicine Expert and Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Santosh Jacob
The panellists with their mementos, after the discussion which stressed the need for a change in outlook and a comparison with best practices from other sports across the world, as well as the establishment of a database so that athletes can have access to the top experts in each field
GoSports Foundation Athlete Manager Shishir Belvi delivers the Vote of Thanks to conclude a day full of learning, with many action points and proposals to implement in the near future
