The BCCI has laid a foundation stone for the newly planned National Cricket Academy (NCA) on the outskirts of Bangalore.
The contract has been given to L&T.
Was wondering how a World Class academy must look like.
Some thoughts in this #thread... 👇🏾
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The contract has been given to L&T.
Was wondering how a World Class academy must look like.
Some thoughts in this #thread... 👇🏾
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The site is a 40-acre land in Devanahalli, near the Bangalore International Airport.
This has been one of BCCI's pet projects and has been pending too long now.
Work is finally set to begin.
Thought I'll put together a list of what one must expect...
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This has been one of BCCI's pet projects and has been pending too long now.
Work is finally set to begin.
Thought I'll put together a list of what one must expect...
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• Minimum two cricket grounds with ICC-mandated parameters.
• Outdoor practice areas with pitches from Aus, Eng, synthetic, hybrid and Indian. Portable pitches.
* There should a nothing less than 30 to 35 outdoor practice pitches.
• Adequate changing rooms & rest rooms.
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• Outdoor practice areas with pitches from Aus, Eng, synthetic, hybrid and Indian. Portable pitches.
* There should a nothing less than 30 to 35 outdoor practice pitches.
• Adequate changing rooms & rest rooms.
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• State of the art technology & analytics centres to look into biomechanics, medicine, rehab, simulation & video-analysis.
• Indoor practice areas with multiple pitches - for spin, pace and batting.
• Multi-purpose fielding areas marked for high-intensity training.
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• Indoor practice areas with multiple pitches - for spin, pace and batting.
• Multi-purpose fielding areas marked for high-intensity training.
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• Hawkeye tracking and video analysis with high speed cameras, pitch-vision.
• Indoor and outdoor gymnasiums; multi-media team rooms; meeting rooms; classrooms.
• Olympic sized swimming pools, temperature-controlled pools, saunas.
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• Indoor and outdoor gymnasiums; multi-media team rooms; meeting rooms; classrooms.
• Olympic sized swimming pools, temperature-controlled pools, saunas.
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• State of the art clubhouse with accommodation across age-groups, well-planned restaurants, cafes, in-house departmentals.
• A world class physiotherapy centre.
• Advanced courses for strength & conditioning.
• WADA-approved medicine shop.
• Cricket retail shop.
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• A world class physiotherapy centre.
• Advanced courses for strength & conditioning.
• WADA-approved medicine shop.
• Cricket retail shop.
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• Bowling machines; pitching machines; spin bowing machines; fielding machines.
• A highly professional medical team, in partnership with a leading hospital, in-house nursing staff, psychoanalyst, speaking rooms for ted-talks.
• Look at players' family visits.
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• A highly professional medical team, in partnership with a leading hospital, in-house nursing staff, psychoanalyst, speaking rooms for ted-talks.
• Look at players' family visits.
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• Highly-effective communication centre to deal with zonal academies across India & state associations.
• Centre for IPL to coordinate with franchises & their respective coaching staff on player assessment.
* Badminton, tennis, squash courts; jogging / cycling tracks.
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• Centre for IPL to coordinate with franchises & their respective coaching staff on player assessment.
* Badminton, tennis, squash courts; jogging / cycling tracks.
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The BCCI must plan this comprehensively, befitting the privileges Indian cricket enjoys. Leave no stone unturned.
The city of Bangalore is blessed with great weather. That's a bonus.
Any professional from any corner of the world must look forward to working here.
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The city of Bangalore is blessed with great weather. That's a bonus.
Any professional from any corner of the world must look forward to working here.
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And while all of this is planned, the BCCI should begin work on what their professional teams will look like.
A world class centre of excellence will remain world class only when the professionals driving it, belong to that space.
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A world class centre of excellence will remain world class only when the professionals driving it, belong to that space.
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