Yesterday had been to the gym and found TV to be airing common wealth games instead of music, which usually is on. So whist exercising, I could watch a game of squash. Once the game was over, somehow it being an Indian channel, provided an update on the gold medal being won by India.
But the intense competition which I got to see during the squash match put me into a bit of thought process.
- What do these players bring to the competition.
- What all do these players have to endure to gain this level of competitiveness.
The answer was simple. Plain old practice for years together. If this was the simple and straight answer, there was a lingering question, as to why aren't we producing enough gold medals in a bigger stage like Olympics? I have always realized the reason to be a compound of many a thing.
I generally do not whine on my blog on problems which have no profound solution at all. But the way the whole eco system is structured, it just has no solution at all :)
The rewards for a professional athlete are very much there, but is the infrastructure in place, if someone wanted to compete in swimming, do we have enough to go to a swimming pool everyday, day in and day out, does Bangalore traffic allow us to focus only on swimming.
Recently, saw a video on Dravid Padukone, sports village. Heard few words of encouragement from Rahul Dravid to come and make use of the facility to one and all.
I just had one question, how does someone sitting in Kengeri, make use of this facility? For someone to reach this place it would take a while, and the way professional athletes train is each day for hours. So for someone to train idealistically, he or she should relocate closer to home, forget family, forget study, basically forget everything and this after investing in the membership.
Why would anyone do that, one life is meant to be enjoyed, why would anyone put his body on the line just for a medal and few quid money in return that too not guaranteed?
I still somehow wonder, Hyderabad has produced so many good shuttlers, I sincerely feel there is something about Hyderabad infrastructure playing a part too. Going by Bangalore's growth, I can only see round and pot bellied people adding weight on mother earth rather than muscular Olympians battling it out with someone like Micheal Phelps?
I am sure 20 years on we still would be medal less :) And regarding common wealth games, yeah cheers guys.
I wish all those who have access to equipment stadiums and will to fight it out, all the very best. I can only settle for my mediocre rant :)
Cheers,
But the intense competition which I got to see during the squash match put me into a bit of thought process.
- What do these players bring to the competition.
- What all do these players have to endure to gain this level of competitiveness.
The answer was simple. Plain old practice for years together. If this was the simple and straight answer, there was a lingering question, as to why aren't we producing enough gold medals in a bigger stage like Olympics? I have always realized the reason to be a compound of many a thing.
I generally do not whine on my blog on problems which have no profound solution at all. But the way the whole eco system is structured, it just has no solution at all :)
The rewards for a professional athlete are very much there, but is the infrastructure in place, if someone wanted to compete in swimming, do we have enough to go to a swimming pool everyday, day in and day out, does Bangalore traffic allow us to focus only on swimming.
Recently, saw a video on Dravid Padukone, sports village. Heard few words of encouragement from Rahul Dravid to come and make use of the facility to one and all.
I just had one question, how does someone sitting in Kengeri, make use of this facility? For someone to reach this place it would take a while, and the way professional athletes train is each day for hours. So for someone to train idealistically, he or she should relocate closer to home, forget family, forget study, basically forget everything and this after investing in the membership.
Why would anyone do that, one life is meant to be enjoyed, why would anyone put his body on the line just for a medal and few quid money in return that too not guaranteed?
I still somehow wonder, Hyderabad has produced so many good shuttlers, I sincerely feel there is something about Hyderabad infrastructure playing a part too. Going by Bangalore's growth, I can only see round and pot bellied people adding weight on mother earth rather than muscular Olympians battling it out with someone like Micheal Phelps?
I am sure 20 years on we still would be medal less :) And regarding common wealth games, yeah cheers guys.
I wish all those who have access to equipment stadiums and will to fight it out, all the very best. I can only settle for my mediocre rant :)
Cheers,
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