The most sought-after sports summer camp is all set to unfold in the steel city on Monday through digital means and will continue till the first week of June.
The camp, which will culminate on June 8, is being organised by Tata Steel. It is aimed at promoting health and fitness through training in various sports disciplines in line with the Centre's Fit India initiative.
As many as 19 sports disciplines, including yoga, archery athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing chess, cricket (batting and spin bowling), cricket (fielding and fast bowling), football, golf, handball, hockey, karate, roller skating, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and zumba, are part of the proceedings.
Tata Steel sports wing has been organising sports camps in operative locations of Jharkhand and Odisha involving school students for several years now. In view of the second wave of the pandemic, the company will leverage digital means to connect with young and budding sporting talent during the camp.
The camp, accessible across the globe free of cost, primarily caters to children in the age group of 6-18. People in other age groups, including adults, can also benefit from modules on yoga, zumba, etc.
Camp participants will receive basic induction from experts and coaches through specially curated online videos (available on Tata Steel’s corporate website and YouTube every morning from 5am.
The camp is being organised with GRITZO as the nutrition partner and ENERZAL as the hydration partner. More information on the camp can be accessed at https://www.tatasteel.com/corporate/our-organisation/corporate-initiatives/summer-camp-2021/.
The 2020 edition of the sports summer camp, organised digitally for the first time, was a success with more than 40,000 views across platforms on videos of all disciplines.
“We are expecting a similar response for this camp. Preparations are complete,” a Tata Steel sports wing official said.
The JRD Tata Sports Complex in Bistupur has been the venue for offline sports summer camps. Students of steel city schools always look forward to picking up sports lessons under experienced hands, including some internationals, employed with Tata Steel.