Press Release
Jwala Gutta launches Global Academy for Badminton
April 14, 2017
Hyderabad, March 11, 2017: Jwala Gutta, an Arjuna Awardee and India’s most successful badminton doubles champion launched her badminton academy “Global Academy for Badminton” in partnership with Knock Out Wellness Labs LLP, a sister concern of Franchise India on Saturday.
The first academy which is set to come up in April in Hyderabad will be a state-of-the-art badminton coaching center with international standards, equipping players to train with the best and be better prepared to compete at global tournaments.
Ms. Gutta would provide direct mentorship to badminton players at the academy and look for badminton talents pan-India providing critical national and international exposure.
The academy will send the right talent for foreign exchange programs and will host all national camps within its premises. It will also ensure proper nutrition to be followed including modern sports science techniques and medicines to prevent injuries.
“Badminton in India is at an inflection point wherein many youngsters have started to take the sport seriously to make it their career choices. Our academy will help in scouting for young talent, nurturing and training them to be the best-of-the-best. I am sure that our academy will churn out talent which will be completing with the best in the world and winning India many international accolades,” Ms. Jwala Gutta, Partner and Brand Ambassador Global Academy for Badminton said..
The academy will have two coaches, one Indian and one international with one coach for training of batch of 20 players. Academy will also focus on scouting grass root talents from local schools.
The academy will also tie-up with schools for opening centers within school premises.
“We are very excited to associate with Jwala to launch Global Academy for Badminton. With her immense experience and skills in this sport, we are sure of setting new benchmarks of badminton training in India. Our focus would be on identifying talent at a very early stage building the natural skills with modern techniques. Our coaches under the mentorship of Jwala would provide right guidance and vision for players not to just learn badminton but also to make it their profession,” Mr. Mohit Verma, Co-owner, Knock Out Wellness said.
The academy has also plans to set-up Centre of Excellence (COE) across 1-3 acres of land, which will be a hub of all sporting activities. Top players from centers across India will be trained at COE to further tone up their shuttling skills.
The academy will expand to Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata in 2017 and setup 50 centers. The total investment for this expansion will be about Rs 20 crores.
The investments will be used for marketing, promotion, equipment’s and training of coaches.
“We will ramp up at this rapid pace as we will tie up with schools and centers which already have existing badminton courts and that will drastically cut out time for launching and running the academies,” Mr. Verma added.
The first center has been launched at Kukatpally.
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