Top 10 sports academies in India

Sports academies play a huge role in developing the overall game of an athlete. They look into each and every aspect of a sportsman that helps not only improve the physical aspect of the sport, but also the mental sie of things.Parents in India are opening up to the idea of enrollling their kids to a sports coaching institute so that overall development of the child is possible. Some of these institutes are run by current and retired sportspersons who want to imbibe their knowledge of the sport to the next generation. The products of these academies have done extremely well by winning medals at major international events.

#10 Bhiwani Boxing Club

Sports Authority of India(SAI) coach and former Indian boxer Jagdish Singh has been credited with making the Bhiwani Boxing Club or “BBC” . It was established by Hawa Singh, two-time Asian games gold medallist and 11-time National champion.

Four of the five boxers that represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics were from this boxing club. Jitender Kumar and Akhil Kumar qualified for the quarterfinals, while Vijender Singh won a bronze medal for the nation.

Bhiwani is known as Little Cuba in India as it is home to a large number of boxers.