Chennai, Sep 11 (FN Agency) The Sri Ram Universal School (TSUS),Chennai in collaboration with HotFut Sports, today launchedthe Gary Kirsten Cricket India Academy (GKCI) at the SPRCity at Perambur in Chennai city. On the occasion, South India’s first ever Padel Court wasalso launched in addition to the announcement of a National Cricket Talent Hunt to be conducted by the GKCI. SPR Group is one of Chennai’s leading developers and creatorsof Chennai’s largest Integrated townships and will now have astate of the art cricket academy and Padel court at their premises.
The Cricket academy at TSUS will be the first GKCI in SouthIndia. The academy was launched in the presence of TSUSCo-founder and Ttrustee Navin Ranka, GKCI India Director Anand Mittal, officials at SPR, and Jean Cilliers, the Head Coach for GKCI and Daniel Seha, the Chief coach for GKCIIndia. The Gary Kirsten Cricket India, the brainchild of Gary Kirsten founded and deployed a unique teaching methodology and renownedcoaches’ development platform which is designed by Gary Kirsten. All the head coaches in GKCI come through Kirsten’s system inSouth Africa.
Gary Kirsten will personally come down to India to conduct theGKCI International high-performance camps where he spends upto seven days with the GKCI students and athletes on the ground,guiding, training and assessing both students and coaches.Every City where GKCI operates is headed by a South AfricanCoach. The coaching pedagogy and coaches’ education platformare world-renowned and are the unique feature of GKCI. GKCI follows a 1:10 Coach: Students ratio. On the occasion, South India’s first ever Padel court was alsolaunched. The newPadel, a game that is a blend of tennis and squash, has highersocial engagement than comparable sports and is easier to enjoywhen practising it, and does not require a high expenditure bythe players.