Summer Sports Camps of various games including swimming, hockey, badminton, table tennis, football etc got underway at different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) under the auspices of Punjab Sports Department on Wednesday.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry visited different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) and inspected the arrangements of Summer Sports Camps. Camp Commandant Dr M Kalam is also monitoring the arrangements of summer camps.
On Wednesday, more than 350 male and female athletes participated in swimming camp in different sessions under the supervision of expert coaches.
As many as 12 qualified coaches including senior coach Rafi-uz Zaman, Irfan Rahmatullah, M Saqib, M Naeem, Mumtaz Ahmed, Abdul Qadir, Danish Naeem, M Ayub Yaqub, M Sajid Faiz and Zain have been arranged to conduct training sessions of young swimmers of 5 to 19 years age groups.
Female coaches Eram Younus and Omaira supervised the training session of girls of different age groups.
All the coaches are teaching modern swimming techniques to swimmers. They also taught the basics of swimming to the beginners during the training session. A large number of parents of young swimmers were also present on this occasion.
Senior coach Zarina Waqar is imparting training to young badminton players at NPSC Gymnasium Hall while senior coach Yasmeen Akhtar, Asad Jawad Rana and Yasir Bhatti are training the children in table tennis game at the same venue.
Aslam Shah, Ashraf Javed, Asghar Dogar Habibur Rehman and Nargis Saeed are training hockey players at the National Hockey Stadium. Expert coaches including Shahzad Asghar, Shabana Tabassum and M hafeez is training football players at Punjab Stadium.