The four-member review committee, formed by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and headed by Abhinav Bindra, made public its report on country's no medal show in Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
The exhaustive report held the federation, and the players' preparation, among various things, responsible for the dismal performance and advocated the change in NRAI attitude, as well as policies and practice.
The 12,000-plus words critical report has individually analyzed the performance of all the 12 shooters, who went to the Rio Games and has attempted to find answers to the ailments of Indian shooting by making several observations and recommendations.
The committee was unanimous in its finding that while there was no constraint of funds, it found fault in the method of chasing success in Olympic Games. In fact, it felt the Indian shooting had "over achieved" at the Rio Games, and felt the NRAI should not give a free hand to the individuals "to avoid another embarrassing show in four years time at Tokyo."
The committee also was critical about senior shooters, including Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, who was found guilty of lack of physical preparation and keeping NRAI in the dark about carrying a heel injury to Olympics. It also stated that his coach Stanislas Lapidus was very clear that his training schedule was not followed by Narang. Senior shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who returned with his lowest score in four Olympics, was also pointed out for his "inflexible attitude'.
The committee also took a tough stand on young shooter Ayonika Paul, who it found projected Thomas Farnik as the coach and Suma Shirur as mentor purely for financial gains. It found it to be immature on her part to have protested for two shots in the last series of the Olympics, which cost her four points, without consulting her coach. The committee also found issues with coach Pavel Smirnov's non-involvement in training and preparation.
The committee, after interactions with several people, felt the Indian shooter needs expert guidance. It was of the opinion that the NRAI needs to work with Sports Ministry to be part of planning process of funding the athletes. It strongly felt the Indian shooting needs to "get former shooters on board and groom them as coaches for the future" and that India cannot be reliant on "sub-par foreigners as coaches."
The committee also found that NRAI does not have single coaches report over the last couple of years as Sports Authority of India (SAI) had stopped asking for them! It strongly felt that "NRAI must end its dependence on SAI" and look ways of become self-sufficient.
It recommended the need for competent coaches for camps, which it felt need to be "holistic" in nature. It also stressed on the need of roping of private agencies.
"Compared to the government, the private agencies spend precious little money but they do take care of the crucial part," it stated, while adding that NRAI need to work with these agencies.
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The four-member review committee, formed by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and headed by Abhinav Bindra, made public its report on country’s no medal show in Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
The exhaustive report held the federation, and the players’ preparation, among various things, responsible for the dismal performance and advocated the change in NRAI attitude, as well as policies and practice.
The 12,000-plus words critical report has individually analyzed the performance of all the 12 shooters, who went to the Rio Games and has attempted to find answers to the ailments of Indian shooting by making several observations and recommendations.
The committee was unanimous in its finding that while there was no constraint of funds, it found fault in the method of chasing success in Olympic Games. In fact, it felt the Indian shooting had "over achieved” at the Rio Games, and felt the NRAI should not give a free hand to the individuals "to avoid another embarrassing show in four years time at Tokyo.”
The committee also was critical about senior shooters, including Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, who was found guilty of lack of physical preparation and keeping NRAI in the dark about carrying a heel injury to Olympics. It also stated that his coach Stanislas Lapidus was very clear that his training schedule was not followed by Narang. Senior shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who returned with his lowest score in four Olympics, was also pointed out for his "inflexible attitude’.
The committee also took a tough stand on young shooter Ayonika Paul, who it found projected Thomas Farnik as the coach and Suma Shirur as mentor purely for financial gains. It found it to be immature on her part to have protested for two shots in the last series of the Olympics, which cost her four points, without consulting her coach. The committee also found issues with coach Pavel Smirnov’s non-involvement in training and preparation.
The committee, after interactions with several people, felt the Indian shooter needs expert guidance. It was of the opinion that the NRAI needs to work with Sports Ministry to be part of planning process of funding the athletes. It strongly felt the Indian shooting needs to "get former shooters on board and groom them as coaches for the future” and that India cannot be reliant on "sub-par foreigners as coaches.”
The committee also found that NRAI does not have single coaches report over the last couple of years as Sports Authority of India (SAI) had stopped asking for them! It strongly felt that "NRAI must end its dependence on SAI” and look ways of become self-sufficient.
It recommended the need for competent coaches for camps, which it felt need to be "holistic” in nature. It also stressed on the need of roping of private agencies.
"Compared to the government, the private agencies spend precious little money but they do take care of the crucial part,” it stated, while adding that NRAI need to work with these agencies.
The exhaustive report held the federation, and the players' preparation, among various things, responsible for the dismal performance and advocated the change in NRAI attitude, as well as policies and practice.
The 12,000-plus words critical report has individually analyzed the performance of all the 12 shooters, who went to the Rio Games and has attempted to find answers to the ailments of Indian shooting by making several observations and recommendations.
The committee was unanimous in its finding that while there was no constraint of funds, it found fault in the method of chasing success in Olympic Games. In fact, it felt the Indian shooting had "over achieved" at the Rio Games, and felt the NRAI should not give a free hand to the individuals "to avoid another embarrassing show in four years time at Tokyo."
The committee also was critical about senior shooters, including Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, who was found guilty of lack of physical preparation and keeping NRAI in the dark about carrying a heel injury to Olympics. It also stated that his coach Stanislas Lapidus was very clear that his training schedule was not followed by Narang. Senior shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who returned with his lowest score in four Olympics, was also pointed out for his "inflexible attitude'.
The committee also took a tough stand on young shooter Ayonika Paul, who it found projected Thomas Farnik as the coach and Suma Shirur as mentor purely for financial gains. It found it to be immature on her part to have protested for two shots in the last series of the Olympics, which cost her four points, without consulting her coach. The committee also found issues with coach Pavel Smirnov's non-involvement in training and preparation.
The committee, after interactions with several people, felt the Indian shooter needs expert guidance. It was of the opinion that the NRAI needs to work with Sports Ministry to be part of planning process of funding the athletes. It strongly felt the Indian shooting needs to "get former shooters on board and groom them as coaches for the future" and that India cannot be reliant on "sub-par foreigners as coaches."
The committee also found that NRAI does not have single coaches report over the last couple of years as Sports Authority of India (SAI) had stopped asking for them! It strongly felt that "NRAI must end its dependence on SAI" and look ways of become self-sufficient.
It recommended the need for competent coaches for camps, which it felt need to be "holistic" in nature. It also stressed on the need of roping of private agencies.
"Compared to the government, the private agencies spend precious little money but they do take care of the crucial part," it stated, while adding that NRAI need to work with these agencies.
The four-member review committee, formed by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and headed by Abhinav Bindra, made public its report on country’s no medal show in Rio Olympics on Tuesday. The exhaustive report held the federation, and the players’ preparation, among various things, responsible for the dismal performance and advocated the change in NRAI attitude, as well as policies and practice.
The 12,000-plus words critical report has individually analyzed the performance of all the 12 shooters, who went to the Rio Games and has attempted to find answers to the ailments of Indian shooting by making several observations and recommendations.
The committee was unanimous in its finding that while there was no constraint of funds, it found fault in the method of chasing success in Olympic Games. In fact, it felt the Indian shooting had "over achieved” at the Rio Games, and felt the NRAI should not give a free hand to the individuals "to avoid another embarrassing show in four years time at Tokyo.”
The committee also was critical about senior shooters, including Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, who was found guilty of lack of physical preparation and keeping NRAI in the dark about carrying a heel injury to Olympics. It also stated that his coach Stanislas Lapidus was very clear that his training schedule was not followed by Narang. Senior shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who returned with his lowest score in four Olympics, was also pointed out for his "inflexible attitude’.
The committee also took a tough stand on young shooter Ayonika Paul, who it found projected Thomas Farnik as the coach and Suma Shirur as mentor purely for financial gains. It found it to be immature on her part to have protested for two shots in the last series of the Olympics, which cost her four points, without consulting her coach. The committee also found issues with coach Pavel Smirnov’s non-involvement in training and preparation.
The committee, after interactions with several people, felt the Indian shooter needs expert guidance. It was of the opinion that the NRAI needs to work with Sports Ministry to be part of planning process of funding the athletes. It strongly felt the Indian shooting needs to "get former shooters on board and groom them as coaches for the future” and that India cannot be reliant on "sub-par foreigners as coaches.”
The committee also found that NRAI does not have single coaches report over the last couple of years as Sports Authority of India (SAI) had stopped asking for them! It strongly felt that "NRAI must end its dependence on SAI” and look ways of become self-sufficient.
It recommended the need for competent coaches for camps, which it felt need to be "holistic” in nature. It also stressed on the need of roping of private agencies.
"Compared to the government, the private agencies spend precious little money but they do take care of the crucial part,” it stated, while adding that NRAI need to work with these agencies.