This quarter was a very enriching experience for the Simply Sport team. With our different programs targeting different groups, we could reach different stakeholders. Our family is slowly and surely increasing. From multiple important developments in our programs to partnering with new organizations to welcoming our fellow colleagues, and finally digging deep into our programs, this quarter was an exciting journey and filled with loads of learning. Read on to know more! |
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Community Development Program |
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One of our most impactful programs this quarter was the Community Development Program where we did multiple impactful projects. To begin, let us look at our community development programme in Indapur, Pune. We held Athletics an Judo competitions and chose 16 students from each discipline. This program will provide sports science support and quality training to the 32 selected children. For our next project, we associated with the Ahaan foundation and identified a football coach who could help them with regular football sessions. We also provided them with equipment for training. Our next destination was Mrida where we supported them with sports science and mentorship sessions for the selected girls who created history by qualifying to represent Madhya Pradesh in the Subroto cup. At Jungle Crows, to enable the Rugby players to increase their speed and agility and ultimately get chosen for India, a high-performance workshop was conducted. Over the course of this season we are helping Kodagu FC with fitness and recovery needs as they ply their trade in BDFA Super Divisions. |
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Jungle Crows - High performance program |
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We conducted high-performance workshop for our partner Jungle Crow administered by fitness professional Suraj Veer to enable the selected Rugby players to improve their speed and agility. The aim of the workshop to help Crow players get selected in the National team. |
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On the ongoing season Kodagu FC is currently playing in super division under Karantaka state football association. We have increased support in terms of supporting them with training facilities and physiotherapy. |
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This quarter for the menstruation team has been interesting. We impacted close to 125 coaches and athletes this quarter through our workshops. We conducted workshops with Pune District Badminton Association, Padukone Sports Management Beginners Coaches program, a group of parents and children from private academies in Bangalore and Six Cricket Community's Women Cricket coaching camp led by Snehal Pradhan. We also spent this quarter digging deep into our workshop content. In the next quarter, we plan to launch a new initiative in this vertical that will include many new things within it. More about this in the next few months. All in all this quarter for the menstruation team was about digging deep and building an even better program. |
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Bangalore Torpedoes We along with our partners Bangalore Torpedoes conducted the 1st ever Namma Torpedoes Apartment Volleyball League in September. The league featured six teams competing from the Sarjapur locality of Bengaluru. |
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Kodagu Tigers Badminton Team participated in the first edition of GBPL (Grand Prix Badminton league), mentored by Ashwini Ponnappa. We will be running the team's grassroots Badminton program scheduled to start in Kodagu. |
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Here are key highlights of our SAI partnership this quarter: SAI Playfield Repository Dashboard We helped complete the SAI playfield repository dashboard which enables users to find sporting venues and it’s details across India. Women in Sport Research We are in the final phase of the research on the topic of female participation in sports in India. Our final report should be out soon. Bangalore NCOE Enabled Yoga program (twice a week) for the athletes of the NCOE as part of the sports science support. Provided 4 new fitness equipment (2 threadmills and 2 workout Cycles) for their new gym set-up. Initial recce of design changes for new S&C and mess hall completed. Program plan for training of SAI kitchen staff of NCOE in place by Curefoods L&D team. Training will start once the new kitchen is ready.
NSRS Enhancement Work has already started on the NSRS app enhancement. Our team is working closely with SAI tech team to enhance the features of the NSRS app with athletes and coaches in mind. |
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Community development program: We conducted Athletics and Judo competitions in Indapur, Pune, with the support of the Rotary club, Pune Sahwas. The event saw more than 600 students participate and out of which 16 students from each discipline received awards and a quality training program and sports science support will be provided to the 32 selected athletes. Sports Science Sessions We regularly conduct Sports Science session for our partner academies. The aim of the session is to increase awareness and place emphasis on the importance of sports science in every athletes' journey. |
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Sandhya Rai, an Indian Rugby player represented India at the south Asia super 7’s Rugby tournament in Thailand and finished runners-up. |
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Saneeth Dayanand, a national-level Badminton player, won the 2022 Karnataka state senior ranking Championships. He also claimed the gold medal in the senior south zone Championships in both teams and individual categories held in Kochi. |
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We have impacted hundreds of coaches, athletes and many other people through our programs. More than 135+ coaches, athletes and parents through menstruation workshops. 300+ talented athletes through our CDP programs and more than 400+ through our sports science programs. The coming quarter, we aim to increase those numbers. |
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4. Welcoming new members to the team |
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Manasi Satalkar is a movement and physiology enthusiast. She is a dancer, blog writer and a runner. She holds a masters in sports rehab from Manipal, post which she worked with swimmers, track and field athletes and elite women football players from Odisha. Post working in both individual and team sport, she believes that the multidimensional nature of sport requires an individual specific approach for understanding and improving the Indian women’s sport performance. |
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Darshan Karekar A graduate in sports science, Darshan is an aspiring strength and conditioning coach who has a lot of experience of working in general and sports specific fitness setups. He is currently working as a S&C coach in the community development program at SSF. His goal is to help our organization build a dynamic set of athletes from grassroots and help them achieve their best possible form to perform at their best in their respective sports. |
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Tanazz Anklesaria Raised in Army cantonments Tanazz always had a chance to engage in different sports. A bachelor of sports from St Xavier's Ahmedabad, she holds a 2-year Gandhi fellowship program. In the past, she has worked with children in different capacities - as a coordinator for a children's education project, preschool teacher, program manager for a project focusing on developing social emotional skills using sports. Over the years she has participated in conducting training on various subjects with community members, parents, teachers, and children. |
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Shreya Barve, is an exercise physiologist by profession and a triathlete by passion. Quite recently, training around the menstrual cycle for female athletes is the topic that caught her attention and it was noticed that very few people had been talking about it, when she got in touch with SSF, since we have been actively working on the topic via our domain ‘Simply Period.’ She is currently working as a content designer for the Instagram page for Simply Period. The aim of this page is to be able to reach out to as many people as possible regarding training around menstruation for women in sport, so that they are heard and relate to the community and help each other through the journey. |
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Aaditya Ranade Originally from Mumbai, Aaditya Ranade has been working with SSF since the last 4 months or so alongside Aditi & team mainly on the Menstruation Awareness project. They started with the primary analysis of some athlete survey data & have now built a very compelling roadmap for the way ahead. He is a graduate from IIT Kanpur-IIM Calcutta & currently working in the Products Business team of Urban Company. He has been a competitive tennis player ever since the age of 9, playing across multiple age groups at the State level, followed by many inter-collegiate tournaments. He had also been quite active in student leadership roles in the domain of sports in both the institutes & is deeply passionate about working towards the development of sports in India. With SSF, he found the perfect opportunity to leverage his professional set of skills in his field of interest. |
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5. In our Column this Quarter |
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With our Indapur event, we got multiple media coverage in form of articles in Marathi newspapers and websites. Here are some of them - |
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इंदापुरातील गरजू खेळाडूंसाठी रोटरी क्लब व सिंपली स्पोर्टचा आधार - IMirrorइंदापूर : आय मिरर रोटरी क्लब ऑफ इंदापूर,रोटरी क्लब ऑफ पुणे सहवास व सिंपली स्पोर्ट फाउंडेशन बेंगलोर यांच्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने इंदापूर शहरातील सर्व हायस्कूल मधील विद्यार्थी खेळाडूंची क्रीडा नैपुण्य चाचणी घेण्यात आली.यामधून ॲथलेटिक्स व जुडो खेळासाठी प्रत्येकी 16 खेळाडू निवडण्यात आले. या सर्व खेळाडूंना सिंपली स्पोर्ट फाउंडेशन यांच्यामार्फत प्रशिक्षण व खेळासाठी आवश्यक सर्व सुविधा पुरवल्या [...] |
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Help sustain our community development programs we run in association with our partners in the remote areas of Johra (Jharkhand) & Mrida (Madhya Pradesh). If you wish to get involved in any of our initiatives, then please write to us at notifications@simplysport.in |
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