India’s top Kho Kho players for close to four weeks have been busy sharpening their physical abilities and exploring various facets of the fitness required to excel in the sport. With the help of sports science-based technologies in the Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) and Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK), the first-ever scientific high-performance national camp has been organised.
After the rigorous training of the players under expert eyes, the ongoing 30-day camp is now all set to witness Kho Kho action as the KKFI’s 2021 Super League Kho Kho Tournament scheduled from February 12-15 at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
The 138 players have been divided into ten teams (eight for men and two for women) as the tournament will showcase matches with the new playing rules of the upcoming Ultimate Kho Kho which aims to re-brand the game of Kho Kho as never before with its fast and pacey new avatar.
“During the on-going scientific camp, we have focused on improving overall fitness and physical abilities of players with required guidance given to corrected techniques and acquiring technology-based skillset. And through this Super League we aim to evaluate the standard and level of each player in the actual match situations. The experts will then scientifically analyse all the data and create an evaluation and performance grade for each player and we will continue to monitor and course correct the players in the coming days till we have a pool of perfect world-class players created for six-seven months,” KKFI President Sudhanshu Mittal said.