The document discusses the challenges facing Indian athletes in the Olympics, highlighting issues such as a lack of sports culture, poverty, inadequate infrastructure, and minimal encouragement for pursuing sports careers. It underscores the obsession with cricket, which overshadows other sports and leads to insufficient funding and support. The document proposes solutions including improving sports infrastructure, eliminating political influence, and increasing awareness and encouragement for youth to pursue diverse sports.
HEAR ARETHE REASONS WHY INDIA IS NOT
DOING WELL IN OLYMPICS
LACK OF SPORTS CULTURE:- A FUNDAMENTAL
OVERHAUL IS NEEDED URGENTALY SO. WITHOUT SPORTS
CULTURE, ATHLETES ARE LEFTING OUT OF THE SUPPORTIVE
ENVIROMENT THAT IS POSITIVELY NEEDED IN THE SHAPING
OF A BETTER PERFORMING BUNCH OF ATHLETES.
POVERTY AND THE LACK OF EDUCTION:- THERE IS
ALACK OF STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SPORTSPERSON IN
INDIA. WHILE PURSUING THEIR INTEREST IN SPORTS. THEY
ALSO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ECONOMIC FACTORS AND PAY
A PART OF THEIR ATTENTION TOWARDS EARNINGLIVLIHOOD
OR EDUCATION FOR SOME. YOU DO NOT GET SPREAD FROM
EXAMS AND TEST AT SCHOOL FOR PURSUING FOR SPORTS
16.
INFRASTRUCTURE:- WEDO LACK PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
TRAINING AND PRACTICE SESSION OF ATHLETES THAT COULD
MAKE THEM MORE COMPETENT AND WELL EQUIPPED TO
DEAL WITH WORDS CLASS COMPETITORS. IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN FAR BATTER IF OUR ATHLETES COULD GET ACCES TO
BETTER INFRASTRUCTRE AND GET TO PLAY ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO STAY PRACTICES.
LACK OF ENCOURAGEMENT- RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YOUTH IN INDIA ARE DISCOURAGED FROM PURSUING A
CERRER IN SPORTS.OUR PARENTS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE
LIKES OF MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING.MOST OF THEM ARE
FORCED TO QUIT SPORTS IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING THAT
WOULD GIVE THEM BETTER JOB SECURITY.
LESS CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS- OUR ECONOMY HAS BEEN
PROSPERINGAND ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS TO DIFFERENT FIELD
SOF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN IMPROVISING WITH EACH
YEARS BUDGET.
HOWEVER THERE IS STILL RELATIVELYVERY LESS ALLOTMENTOF
FUNDS FOR SPORTS GIVEN THE SHEER NUMBER OF YOUTH WH
ARE WILLING TO TAKE UP SPORTS SERIOUSLY.
17.
CRICKET TAKESALL THE FANS- WE AS A COUNTRY
ARE OBSESSED WITH A SINGULAR SPORT THAT
IS CRICKET. IT IS NOT ONLY DURING MAJOR
EVENTS LIKE OLYMPICS WHEN OTHER SPORTS
ARE GIVEN A PART OF THE LIMELIGHT AND FAN
CHEERING. FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE
STAY IGNORENT OF WHO`S WHO OF OTHER
SPORTS . THEY ARE PROMETED LESS. THERE ARE
FEWER SPONSORS FOR THE OTHER SPORTS ,
THERE ARE EVEN LESS FANS HOOTING and
cheering them to do better and then we go about
complaining and trolling.
18.
Ways To BeTaken To Improve Games And Sports In
India
1. The political influence and participation from the sports bodies should be
completely
eliminated
2. The sports bodies should be headed by sportsmen who have played at
national/international level
3. Investments should be made on improving people’s interest in not-so-
popular
sports
4. National/international level athletes should be given free medical care.
Training facilities of international standards should be provided to our
athletes
7. Investments should be made in taking the sports infrastructure to
international
levels
8. Parents should be counselled that their children can make a career in
sports too
9. Good media coverage should be done around other sports except cricket
to make them popular
19.
SO Sports andGames
are particularly
important for
Youths