Asian Games

 History of the games and specially Asian games

 Participations
 Winning countries specially India
 Charts
 India’s performance in sports – hockey, badminton and boxing
 AREAS of SPORTS THAT NEEDS ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT and steps to
improve
 Qualities to be successful sport professional
 BIOGRAPHY OF FAVOURITE SPORTS PERSON
 PROJECT SUMMARY
 BIBLOGRAPHY
 History
 The Asian Games(Asiad) is a continental multi sport event held every 4 years
among athletes from all over Asia since 1952 which was governed by Asian
games federation until 1978 and by Olympic council of Asia since 1982 and is
recognized as 2nd largest multi sport event after the Olympic Games.
 India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games
federation(AGF), also a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council
of Asia(OCA) and has participated in Asian Games since it’s inception in 1951.
 OCA organizes 5 major continental level multi sport events- Asian Summer
Games ( Also known as Asian Games) Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-
Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games and Asian Youth Games. As a member
of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi sport events.
 History
 The Asian Games(Asiad) is a continental multi sport event held every 4 years
among athletes from all over Asia since 1952 which was governed by Asian
games federation until 1978 and by Olympic council of Asia since 1982 and is
recognized as 2nd largest multi sport event after the Olympic Games.
 India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games
federation(AGF), also a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council
of Asia(OCA) and has participated in Asian Games since it’s inception in 1951.
 OCA organizes 5 major continental level multi sport events- Asian Summer
Games ( Also known as Asian Games) Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-
Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games and Asian Youth Games. As a member
of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi sport events.
 Host and Participations
 Historically Nine nations have hosted and 46 nations ( Including Israel ) have participated in the Asian
Games , starting first game in New Delhi, India in 1951 until recent games held in Indonesia in Sep’ 18.
 New Delhi, national capital of India , is privileged to host Asian Games on two occasions1951 and 1982.
 The Next Asian Games are scheduled to be held in China in Sep’22 and in Japan in 2026.
 Following countries have participated in the recently concluded Asian Games, 2018

Afghanistan Hong kong Kazakhstan Lebanon Oman Srilanka

Bahrain India Korea Macau Pakistan Syria

Bangladesh Indonesia N. Korea Malaysia Palestine Chinese Taipei

Bhutan Iran S. Korea Maldives Philippines Tajikistan

Brunei Iraq Kuwait Mongolia Qatar Thailand

Cambodia Japan Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Saudi East Timor

China Jordan Laos Nepal Singapore Turkmenistan

UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Top 10 Winning Countries @2018
 Charts
 India Medal Tally in 2018Top 5 Nations Medal Tally –
Asian Games
India@4th place Top 5 Nations
278
315
Bronze 827
985
720

175
202
Silver 663
1037
994

132
154
Gold 745
1032
1473

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

China Japan S.Korea India Thailand

 Charts
India Medals in last 10 Asian Games

69
65

57 57
53

36 36 37
34 35
30
26 25
24 23 23 23
19
17 17 17 16
15 14 14
13
12 13
11
10 10 11 11
8 9
7
4 5
3
1
2018 2014 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 1990 1986 1982

Gold Silver Bronze Total

 India’s Performance in
Sports-1
 Hockey:
 Hockey is Popular Sport in India and is considered to be National Game of India.
India won 6 consecutive hockey gold medals between 1928 to 1956 and finally won
world cup in 1975. Barring 1980’s gold medal at Olympics, India’s performance in
hockey has been dismal with other hockey playing nations such as Australia,
Netherlands and Germany improved their standards and catching up with India.
 In recent years , standards of Indian hockey has gone from bad to worse , with
men’s team not qualifying for the 2008 Olympics and finishing last in 2012
Olympics. Since 2014, it is trying to regain it’s lost glory by becoming runners up at
2014 common wealth games and then winning gold medal in 2014 Asian Games
and 2017 Asia Cup to finally establish Asian dominance after long time.
 India men’s hockey team is eying for gold at 2018 Men’s Hockey World cup.
 Currently India men’s team is 5th in the rankings of the International Hockey
Federation(IHF)
 India’s Performance in
Sports-2
 Badminton:
 Badminton is played widely in India and is one of the most popular and fast growing
sport in India.
 Indian Shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Srikanth and P.V.Sindhu are ranked amongst top 10 in
the current BWF rankings.
 Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve world No 1 spot in the
game and after him Srikanth made it top spot in April 2018.
 Saina Nehwal is the first female from India to achieve world No 1 spot in Apr 2015
 Padukone and Gopichand both won the England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively
making them only Indians to ever win prestigious title.
 In 2012 London Olympic Games, Nehwal won bronze medal in Individual women’s
competition and in 2016, PV Sindhu won silver at Rio Olympic Games.
 The most successful double payers from India is Jwala Gutta who peaked at No 6
with Diju in mixed doubles and at No 10 with Ashwini Ponnappa in women’s doubles.
 India’s Performance in
Sports-3
 Boxing:
 Boxing is a highly profiled sport in India and is a regular medal holder at the Asian
Games and Common Wealth Games.
 In Nov 2017, India’s Mary Kom won best boxer title and secured hat-trick of
titles.
 In 2008 Beijing Olympics , Vijender Singh won bronze medal.
 India’s lone women boxer M.C.Mary Kom won the bronze medal at the 2012
London Olympic Games.
 Focus Points and Steps taken
 Top 5 Focus areas to promote sports in India
 EDUCATION: Sports should become a compulsory norm in school like any other subject (part of
curriculum) and shall be implemented properly. There are enough data to show that kids who
play sports are much stronger in application of knowledge and intuitive skills than who don’t.
 INFRASTRUCTURE: Insufficient Infrastructure in our country to promote and support sports.
Many large schools, colleges and institutions have huge sporting facilities that lie unused after
school hours. Hence if we are able to leverage the existing infrastructure in a systematic way by
encouraging people to play sports and games of their choice, we will have more participation.
 MESSAGING: Educate Parents about the positive impact of sports so that they allow their kids
to balance their studies with play and realize that it improves their overall performance in
school. Similarly Schools needs to be told about the significance of inculcating a sporting
culture by avoiding over emphasis on academics and preparing for examinations as sole
criteria for performance.
 Focus Points and Steps taken
 Top 5 Focus areas to promote sports in India
 INVESTMENTS: Make Brands and Corporates invest in sports. At present there
is limited awareness about the prospective impact apart from investments in
top 5-6 events like IPL, IBL, Kabaddi league etc. There are large number of
sporting events happening in the state level, district level and municipal level
which are equally important for local viewership. Brands can play an important
role in grassroots level by investing and promoting these sports.
 RESPONSIBILITY: Bring as part of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). CSR is
fairly expected norm of doing good to the society. Most organizations use their
CSR budgets to participate in community activities that create positive impact.
These incentives need support at the level of conceptualizing and
implementation in sports and games. To support this, Government has
included Sports in CSR Act.
 Basic Qualities of Athlete
 Discipline – Follow Strict exercise and eating schedule
 DRIVE- You have to be driven to improve everyday. You can’t satisfy with your last performance.
 COMPETITIVENESS – Be competitive and beat your competitors.
 Self-Confidence – Be confident in yourself and believe you’re a winner.
 AGGRESSIVENESS – You have to make moves on your own and not just respond.
 FOCUS and DETERMINATION – Focus on the task and tune out any other distractions and determined , no
matter how hard it is.
 COMMITMENTS- Committed to your sport and give up other hobbies.
 Good Time Management to practice after school hours, and spending time with friends and family.
 Adaptability – Adapt to different situations
 Emotional Maturity – Be in Control of your emotions, can’t get yourself too nervous, too angry , too
depressed etc.
 High Tolerance for Pain - Be able to put up with lot of pain , pushing your body to its limits.
 Biography – P.V.SINDHU
 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu ( P.V.Sindhu) is an Indian Badminton Player who was born in Hyderabad on 05 th July
1995 to P.V.Ramana and Vijaya. Both her parents have been national level volleyball players. Her father
received an Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to the sports. Her elder sister was not interested in
pursuing professional sports and became doctor.
 P.V. Sindhu lives in Hyderabad and choose badminton as she got inspiration from the success of Pullela
Gopichand in 2001. She eventually started playing badminton at the age of eight.
 Sindhu first learned the basics of sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian
railway institute, secunderabad. Soon after she joined Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy.
 After Joining Gopichand Academy, she won several titles ranging from under 10 years category to Rio
Olympics, All England Open.
 She has been employed with BPCL since July 2013 as an assistant sports manager in Hyderabad office. In
August 2018, she took charges as Deputy Collector in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh in CCLA Office under
the revenue department of AP.
 She received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award for Badminton in 2013 and Padma Shri Award in
2016.
 She was appointed as first brand ambassador of Bridgestone India.
 Bibliography
India’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_India
Performance in
Sports
Basic Qualities of https://www.phrasemix.com/collections/13-qualities-of-a-great-athl
Athlete ete-in-english
History of Asian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Games#Symbols
Games
India in Asian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_the_Asian_Games
Games
Focus Points and https://www.nationalskillsnetwork.in/sports-in-india/
Steps taken
Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Sindhu