IDBI Federal Life Insurance"today announced the selection of 14 young badminton players"under the 'IDBI Federal Quest for Excellence#YoungChamps programme".
The players will undergo intensive training at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy here under the guidance of Pullela Gopichand and his professional team of coaches, a press release by IDBI Federal Life Insurance said.
After a rigorous evaluation process, these talented young players, aged between 7-11 years, have been selected purely on the basis of their performance, fitness, attitude, agility, and footwork, it said.
In the next stage of the programme, the '#YoungChamps' will train at the academy for two weeks during the summer and winter vacations respectively.
During this four-week tenure, the kids will get an opportunity to learn new techniques and master various skills, it further said.
At the end of the training, based on Pullela Gopichand and his team's evaluation of their overall performance,fitness and commitment, the talented kids could receive an opportunity to train permanently at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy, which will be sponsored by the IDBI Federal Quest For Excellence programme, the release said.
Karthik Raman, Chief Marketing Officer, IDBI Federal Life Insurance"said, "The four-week innovative training programme at Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy will allow the elite team of coaches to hone in on specific areas of improvement for the overall development of each of the selected kids."
Gopichand,"Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team and Programme Head, IDBI Federal Quest For Excellence, said, "I am thrilled to see such a tremendous response to the IDBI Federal Quest for Excellence #YoungChamps programme.
He said it was extremely difficult to shortlist the 26 kids out of the thousand-plus entries received in the first round. It was even more difficult to select the final 14 budding badminton players, he said.
All of them show immense promise and potential and we will now work with each #YoungChamp to help them further develop their skills and gain confidence.
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