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FIRST EVER CORPORATE SOCIAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY AAOKHELE IN GURGAON ON 18-19 FEB FOR A SOCIAL CAUSE Aaokhele (an NGO promot- ule, the number of matches to speeds and map them with the ing sports & fitness) organized a be played... no-one fought on the players on circuit. However, to TOURNAMENT TENNIS social tennis doubles-only tour- line calls and noone went home everyones despair, they could not nament for corporates in after their matches. All were just reach Andy Roddicks speed. But Gurgaon. The tournament was there, cheering for one another. a few did beat Sania Mirza. guided with the able hands of Sh. After the round-robin stages, all Manish Jain was the fastest with Suman Kapur (Honable Secre- had their own favorites and they a serving speed of 160kmph. tary, Haryana Tennis Association) were cheering for them. Fami- The event concluded in the and brought the tournament un- lies came together, they sat in evening hours of Sunday with the der the aegis of HTA. By the grace groups - cheering and singing. players content with a wonder- of the support of sponsoring com- One of the players, Manish ful weekend well spent. Anubhav panies - Kriskindu (Infrastructure Aggarwal, an excellent guitarist Saksena (Ciena) thanked with a Support), Prince (Prize Sponsor), rejuvenated the moods of every- statement that filled our hearts, & Artemis (Health Sponsor) - and one by making them sing on his It was an awesome weekend you the support of the community with tunes. The weather was a plus guys made for us. When is the people bringing water, fruits & too. The gentle cool breeze flew next tournament. Dr. Kanjom other refreshments, this Gurgaon through the weekend giving a (CRPF) also was kind with his get-together saw a spike in the perfect weather to play tennis. words. He mentioned that the participation of working execu- Results: tournament was very well orga- tives from the corporate world. Mens Doubles: nized and that he will bring more A total of 27 teams partici- his friends in the next edition. Ajay/Ajeet def. Manish/ pated in this doubles tournament Vikram 4-1, 2-4, 10-5 This tournament was with 22 in the mens doubles an endeavor of Aaokhele to or- Mixed Doubles: draw and 5 in the mixed doubles. ganize some funds to help the The enthusiasm was at its peak Amita / Ajeet def needy.Aaokhele indends to spon- when it was not only the players Saurabh / Richa 4-2, 4-1 sor the needful players who dont but even their families cheering Besides bringing the com- have resources to themselves. for them. We had a footfall of petitive spirit to fore, there was Aaokhele also is focussed to pro- around 158 folks (kids, friends, fun elements too. The biggest vide education to the families) who came to watch their attraction amongst them was the underpriviliged by going to vil- folks play. Infact, the news of the speed-gun. There was a huge lages and organizing camps for tournament spread fast - as we facination to measure the serve the poor. had teams participating from Chandigard & Muzaffarnagar (UP) too. The participating of the teams came from corporate world - Accenture, IBM, Oracle, PwC, eValueServe, DLF, Alcatel, Orange, to name a few, Defence Services (IAF, CRPF), govern- ment officials, and other busi- nessmen. The players age var- ied from 22-56 but that was not to matter. Surprisingly, no-one complained of the hectic sched- 41 MAY-JUNE 2012 TENNIS INDIA MBTA S SCHOOL TENNIS SCHOOL TENNIS SCHOOL PROGRAM IN INDIA -By Shankar Krishnaswamy Director, coaching operations and coaches education program, MBTA, Kochi Tennis India magazine inter- Q. What is school tennis? Typically School Tennis viewed Mr.Shankar Shankar: School Tennis is means the sport of Tennis Krishnaswamy, presently is the a typical terminology used for learned during the school hours director, tennis coaching opera- Tennis being learned during in their Games/ PT periods. It is tions and coaches education pro- school hours in the schools. It is all about getting the kids inter- gram for Mahesh Bhupathi Ten- known in different names such ested in the sport, using a fun nis Academies. During an inter- as MINI TENNIS, PLAY & STAY. filled, game based approach of view at Regional Sports Center We MAHESH BHUPATHI TENNIS teaching. This program is done (RSC) at Kochi, Kerala, ACADEMIES (MBTA) call it for children from 4 yrs to 10 yr Mr.Shankar explained about SCHOOL TENNIS INTIATIVE OR olds. MBTAs school tennis initiative as PROGRESSIVE TENNIS. Q. Why they need to below: have it in school? Shankar: The Academic system currently prevailing in our country, hardly leaves any time for the child to pursue any inter- est other than studies .MBTA felt it will be better, the sport of Ten- nis reaches the child in school rather than expecting the child to reach the sport in clubs and Acad- emies. The QUALITY can come out only from QUANTITY and QUANTITY can only be reached, if the sport of Tennis reaches the school. Most importantly it be- comes really cost effective for the parents of the children doing the school Tennis because they save on the cost of (1) Transpor- tation as the sport has reached the school, no need to travel to any Academies/ Clubs, (2) Ten- nis clothings as the sport is done during school hours, they use their school uniforms only Mahesh Bhupathi along with Shankar Krishnaswamy MAY-JUNE 2012 TENNIS INDIA 42 and no separate Tennis clothing required,(3) Tennis Equipments since the equipments required to learn the sport such as Tennis TENNIS SCHOOL Raquets are provided in the pro- gram, there is no equipment cost burden. These mentioned factors make School Tennis really cost effective and most importantly helps the parents as well as we Tennis Professionals to know whether the child has the apti- tude and attitude to take up this sport professionally. ing the core fundamentals of Ten- Q. What were the Q. Who can conduct it? nis, we aim to develop NEURO MBTAS programs towards Shankar: School Tennis MUSCULAR CO ORDINATION, school tennis? What has program is completely different STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE, been the highlight of the pro- from regular Tennis teaching. It AGILITY, REACTION, RECEPTION gram till date? is more of a Specialized program AND PROJECTION SKILLS to Shankar: MBTA has devel- and there are courses offered by name a few skills. It develops oped a 36 week syllabus for an INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FED- leadership qualities, team spirit academic year for the Grades ERATION ( ITF) and ALL INDIA and sportsmanship in children from Upper KG to Grade V, which TENNIS ASSOCIATION (AITA) to .The program cultivates interest is followed pan INDIA. The intro- qualify himself to conduct this of the child for sports and also ductory Tennis program is de- program. More than the Tennis develops childs PSYCHOSO- signed to introduce the sport of playing ability communication MATIC abilities. In short the gen- Tennis in a fun based approach and teaching skills are required eral objective of the program is and aims to familiarize the stu- to conduct this program. So any to give back to our society a dents with the core fundamen- person with a sporting back- physically well co ordinated child/ tals of the sport through a GAME ground of played any sport and citizen!!! the right attitude can undergo the courses offered by ITF and AITA and get himself certified to con- duct a school Tennis program. Q. Do you need a tennis court to conduct school tennis? Shankar: NOT AT ALL!!! We only need a flat even surface, preferably cemented one to con- duct the program. A space of 40 feet X 50 feet is enough to con- duct this program and it can be an open ground, school audito- rium or even a class room!!! Q. What do children gain? Shankar: Other than learn- 43 MAY-JUNE 2012 TENNIS INDIA earlier MBTA operates this pro- gram across INDIA. We conduct school Tennis programs in Delhi SCHOOL TENNIS SCHOOL and NCR, Kolkata, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Bangalore, Kochi. I am sure that other Tennis profes- sionals are also doing the school Tennis in different cities. But the fact is, with what we are doing now, we were able to touch the Tip of the ICE BERG considering the number of cities BASED APPROACH of learning. bearing fruit as the present num- and the schools we have in our At the end of the Academic year, bers of approximately 12,000 country. But we are very happy where the program is introduced plus kids play this sport in our that the concept is slowly catch- for the 1st year an individual as- school programs pan INDIA and ing attention and more and more sessment of the child on various growing!!! Another aspect of this parents are being made aware aspects like physical ability, ten- program is that through this pro- of the benefits of the program. nis skill ability, knowledge of the gram we are helping the SPE- In fact Govt: of INDIA, HRD Min- sport, will be tested through an CIALLY ABLED CHILDREN to im- istry is actively considering mak- evaluation process and assess- prove their Neuro Muscular Co ing sports part of the curriculum ment report card with relevant ordination and we have 70 spe- and giving due weight age for grading given to every kid in the cially abled children attending the performance in sports. program. And in schools, where program in one of the school pro- Q. Does School tennis the program is running for the grams in Calcutta and are re- help the hand eye coordi- subsequent years, the evalua- sponding well.