Winning a doubles title within the ITF junior event in Pokhara, Nepal, has fuelled the hearth in Sagar Kumar’s dream to realize larger success in tennis.
It has additionally given a shot within the arm for the EduTennis scheme of the Amba Dalmia Foundation that makes use of tennis as a medium to show life abilities to youngsters from low revenue part.
A twelfth customary scholar of Rajkiya Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in West Vinod Nagar, the wiry Sagar has been guided by coach Rajinder Jaiswal for the previous 5 years.
“Sagar is getting better as a tennis player, but he needs confidence. He loses from winning positions because of inferiority complex. We do have two psychologists tuning his mind, but he will be a different player once he improves his level of concentration during matches and gains more self esteem’’, said Jaiswal, who has worked over the years with very successful players like Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri.
“India’s tennis talent can come from any section of society. It is our endeavour to find and nurture such talent”, stated Agastya Dalmia, the Managing Trustee of Amba Dalmia Foundation.
By competing within the ITF junior tournaments in Guwahati, Delhi and Pokhara, Sagar has tasted some success this season.
With lots of comparable tournaments lined up within the nation within the first three months of 2023, the objective is to assist him scale the slippery rating ladder in order to have the ability to compete within the Junior Grand Slams.
“He trains six hours a day. His tennis and nutrition requirements, apart from travel are supported. I keep telling him that he if he controls his mind, he could be as good as anyone in the world. He is gaining maturity and understands his responsibility”, stated Jaiswal.
The coach is assured that a number of different children would comply with Sagar to make an affect.
If having the starvation for achievement is a troublesome job for the wealthy children, the much less resourceful battle to sport confidence of their drive to progress, after they haven’t any dearth of starvation to excel. A bit of extra tuning, and gamers like Sagar can actually explode into the worldwide area.
The effort is on, and the extent of success, solely time can inform.