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Source: https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/about/ Considerably one of the fastest sport Badminton, has a history of its own. A game invented in India (back then British India) which was popular amongst only emigrant officers of the British India Army. In the early days Badminton was known as Poona or Poonah, named after the Garrison Town of Poona (now Pune). Some say that the first draft was in Garrison Town of Poona and others say that the rules were first drafted back in Badminton (country estate), from which the game derives its name. In the next 6-Olympics events, Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012), and Rio (2016) badminton made a considerable impact with substantial development in terms of viewership, number of individuals being named World Champions, significant increase in no. of players associating with the sport in different regions of 193 global members. In 2005, International Badminton Federation was renamed t...

Source: Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences (SSSS) | Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) 2019-2020 | Clicked by SSSS Social Media Team. Cramming to challenge the Challenges .  Fred Devito (Juma, N. 2019), “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” Implementing change is the toughest part in any system, and when it comes to our own lives, we (humans) are highly reluctant towards changing ourselves whether that points us towards effectiveness to achieve our objectives in order to fulfill the needs and wants. It is easier to point out the changes in others or the flaws in the process for further enhancement or defects in that particular process, but it is never easy to self-analyze and judge what we have done or what possibly went wrong from our end, is it? Especially in Sports, it is very necessary for the athletes to rapidly adapt to situations, rules & regulations, support staff, coaches, family difficulties and what not. In other words, a...

We often see a lot of debate on, whether talent is natural or it's sheer hard work of that individual to be the best in the business. The fact that matters the most is that, it's a 'process' no matter if she is a natural or if he spends extra time on perfecting his moves to gain that competitive advantage whenever and where-ever required. Even the naturals spend time and drain energy in strategizing and implementation in various situations (debatable) whereas, the hard-workers tend to develop an instinctive response since they have been practicing specific moves for a longer duration giving them leverage over the opponent (debatable). We have been discussing different stages in my previous articles starting from, Belief  having an early start for better results, which moves on to developing  FUNdamentals helping the child to be aware of ABC'S of athleticism with the major area of focus being the FUN element, and then moving on to Learning the Art of Traini...

Michael Jordan  Jordan, M. (2019) , “Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”  Whenever there is a roadblock in your way, it is mainly psychological. When you place some sort of mental roadblock, it becomes something to fear. You may doubt that you can reach the next goal or milestone, but that is just your mind playing little games on you (Jordan, M. 2019). We, discussed about FUNdamentals in the last article where the major learning and area of focus is ‘FUN’, which should be an intrinsic reward for any child for participation in any sport or recreational activity, rather than parents pressuring their daughters or sons to pursue such activities, to get rid of their own problems conflicting with their objectives as well as intentions of their children.  For many, it is a process. For some, it is a ritual. While growing up, for me it was all about having the place to run around from one corner to the other, with all t...

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (‘The Great One’) Similarly, we miss 100% of extraordinary, fearless and amazing moments of our lives, ‘If’ we stop having fun in what-so-ever task or work or a job we do or intend to do. So, the question again would be, how can we have fun in anything and everything we do or intend to do? In our previous discussion regarding ‘ Belief ’, we discussed ‘what makes legends different from the ordinary’. Ronnie Lott, known to be the most mentally tough player said:  “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” In early stages of our lives, we always cherished to enjoy no matter what we do, we lived in the moment not thinking about what anyone else is thinking about or are they even looking at us. All we did, was to make the best out of that moment. Parents/guardians play a crucial role in developing such awareness at a very young age. As a kid, we are very much moody in doing or not doing things at a p...

We all have been hearing about ‘believing’ and also been taught to ‘believe’ in ourselves before we take up any duty or a profession or start a discussion or maybe talk in front of 10,000 personalities. Is that easy to start ‘believing’ in something without being uncomfortable? As a child, we all are much-admired and praised to take the first step or do something on our own. That’s when we start to ‘believe’, Yes we can do it! We are supported by everyone around us to make us comfortable taking that first step, making that first move towards a task. Steadily over the time, we start to make our decisions in various different situations whether it be comfortable or uncomfortable for us, with minimal support of people around us which we also ‘believe’ is life, full of opportunities with some high’s but many low’s, resembling our heartbeat. Initial juncture of any sports-persons journey who wishes to make history through his\her dedication not just towards the game, but to...