NEW DELHI: In a bid to promote aquatic sports and to help swimmers and coaches reach their fullest potential at the International level, the Swimming Federation of India on Tuesday announced that SFI has entered into a strategic partnership with Moregold Sports for the purpose of developing a world class swim coach education, development and certification pathway for India.
The Australian sports education and consultancy company is led by Wayne Goldsmith, one of the most experienced and effective sports performance consultants in the world.
“SFI:CEDCP will be the cornerstone in revolutionizing how competitive swim coaching is delivered in India. This is one of the key elements in the road map SFI has charted for the development of competitive swimming in India,” RN Jayaprakash, president, SFI, said.
Moregold Sports advisory team will be the “Knowledge and Implementation partner” for SFI to create and deliver a pathway for swim coach development at par with the leading program’s globally. “This project has also received the approval and financial grant from FINA under the OASP support to NSF’s,” added Virendra Nanavati, executive director, SFI
A virtual press conference held on Tuesday also highlighted other key elements in SFI’s strategic roadmap which includes creating a national database of swimmers, coaches and academies. A systematic talent scouting structure and protocols, review of competition structure and national pool and athlete development pathway are also some of the key features of the strategic roadmap developed by SFI.
The Moregold Sports advisory team includes swimming experts with more than 150 years of combined experience of working with swimmers, coaches and swimming education in Australia, the USA, the UK, South Africa and New Zealand.
