SPORTS REPORTER
JAMMU: Sports Training Centre (STC) of Sports Authority of India (SAI) at MA Stadium Jammu and State Sports Council today observed International Yoga Day with a special yoga classes for all its coaches, staff and trainees at different venues, here.
The STC arranged yoga classes at Basketball courts of MA Stadium, here. Various yogic exercises were performed under the guidance of Rajesh Bandral (yoga instructor) who explained the advantages of Yoga and demonstrated various yogic postures. He also called upon the players to incorporate Yoga and meditation in their training curriculum for better sports performance.
Incharge STC, V.K Sharma thanked all the players and also guests and parents who joined the special class to commemorate International Yoga Day.
Eminent cricketer of the State and Indian probable Shubham Khajuria and international Handball player, Sahil Padha were especially honoured on the occasion.
Those present included Nirmal Kour, Prem Singh, Ramesh Sharma, Amarjit Singh, Veena Sharma, Dev Raj, Gurmeet Kour, Satpal Sharma, and Aman Sharma.
Meanwhile, similar Yoga class took place at Green Field ground, Gandhi Nagar wherein senior coaches of the State Sports Council took part under the guidance of Divisional Sports Officer, Rajan Sharma.