Tribal Students - Inherited Sport Talent for Outstanding Career

 

India's next sports champions are being handpicked from tribal communities

Poverty, societal restrictions, family pressure - many of these athletes have overcome great odds to do what they love

It’s evening at the Loyola High School in Mundgod, a town in north Karnataka located 385km from Bengaluru. Rizwan Bendigeri and Lakshmi G M, both athletics coaches, watch intently as a muscular young boy launches himself into the air, kicking up a cloud of dust beneath his feet.

He runs for about 100 metres, swivels, and returns to his position to repeat the exercise. He does the routine over and over again. This is Sajid Yargatti, 13, who till recently would watch legendary athlete Usain Bolt on YouTube on loop on his mother’s phone. “Someday I’ll break ...

India is home to over 1.3 billion people scattered across the length and breadth of the country. Though we have a diverse set of religions, culture, background, habits, and preferences, one thing which binds us is the love for sports. India has a rich pool of sporting talent in its widely distributed tribal belt. In spite of being marginalised from the mainstream, these areas have churned an abundance of athletes for India. Tribal pockets in India are distributed across states like Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, the Northeast regions and also in some parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and West Bengal. Over the years, athletes from these areas have represented their state and later on India in their respective disciplines. In a majority of these tribal areas, societies nurture the people with discipline, endurance and tolerating hunger and pain. It is this endurance, which allows them to well in athletics. Indian tribals mostly inhabit hilly, forest belts, where they have to walk miles to access regular amenities. This only makes them sturdier. Moreover, tribals have evolved engaging in hunting and food gathering. This makes them great outdoor persons, with a particular affinity for sports. They engage in collective activities from repairing houses to working in the paddy fields, which is another factor that develops their sporting attitude. Here are some notable sportspersons who have hailed from tribal areas and have made our country proud:

Dutee Chand

Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996; Jajpur, Odisha) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event.^[5] She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition.^[6] She is the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Women's 100 metres event at the Summer Olympic Games. However, in the 2016 Summer Olympics,^{[7][8][unreliable source?]} her 11.69 s in the preliminary round did not qualify her for the next round. In 2018, Chand clinched silver in women's 100m at the Jakarta Asian Games. It was India's first medal in this event since 1998. In 2019, she became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade, clocking 11.32 seconds in the 100 m race.^[9][10]

Mary Kom

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom OLY is an Indian amateur boxer, politician, and incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. 

In order to improve the sporting abilities of tribal students and make them excel at the State and national-level competitions, the State Government has decided to construct sports facilities in tribal schools under its Sports Complex project.

Earlier this month, the Government had decided to set up sports complexes near tribal schools in Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Khurda and Koraput districts at a  cost of `2 crore each. The idea is to spot sports talents from Classes VI and VII, both boys and girls, and hone their skills in hockey, athletics, swimming, football and archery.

They used to do the job of an archer, swordsman and mounted . Some of them practiced shifting cultivation. Agriculture, hunting and gathering and herding is also done by them. Hunting is the main occupation of the Mundas tribe.

The tribes, who are known as forest dwellers are diligent, they depend directly on the natural produce for their survival, livelihood, occupation and employment

Qualities that describe sports people.

• Drive – A strong desire to win. ...
• Focus – Someone having a concentrated attention. ...
• Discipline – A Code of conduct or behavior a sports person must follow. ...
• Dedication – ...
• Determination – ...
• Emotional maturity – ...
• Presence of mind – ...
• Competitiveness –
• Aggression 
• Attitude

• Over 300 Years Old, Nagaland’s Greased Pole Climbing Game Still Remains Popular

• Originating during the reign of Naga chieftains, this game is still played in villages and semi-urban areas. It is also an important event at the State level indigenous games competition held under the aegis of the Youth Resources and Sports Department of Nagaland. The other events at the indigenous games include tug-of-war for men and women, stilt bamboo race and cockfight

• Thetribal students has a natural talent in the sports. This example is often seen in the Sports  In these games, children receive maximum level from less effort. The main reason for this is their family environment. Most tribes students come from rural surroundings.Where Importance is given to the Hard work .Parents of  such  students are engaged  primarily in farming. Labour work etc. These requires more hard work, the same qualities come to students jeanetically due to these qualities, the students can earn maximum successes from the less  efforts. The player  should mainly have these 4 qualities. After this, he can be the perfect player. These are  (1) Strength (2) Stamina (3) Endurance and Egility .These is essential requirment for  working in his family.This  occurs in their jeans . a
• To a normal player to get the qualities that attempts to increase this property through different efforts, it is a matter of birth in the tribe students in the  In the village, the injuries and the social problems that go through them, because of this, this property is developed by themselves, similarly egility is also from them in the village and participating in the program and different types of rural sports in their society. Thus it can be said that there is a natural talent in sports students in the tribe student students because they play only the physical exercise game like Kabaddi Wrestling Wet Lifting kho_kho Rope Skipping ,Rope Climbing Towing Pulling, Boxing Wrestling etc. In these games, only by improving the technique of tribe players by trainers can be transported soon at their higher level, compared to the tribe players coming from the rural area. 
• Thus it can be said that tribal students have natural talent in sports.  Because from birth they play only physical exercise games.  Like kabaddi, wrestling, weightlifting, kho kho, rope skipping, rope climbing, rope pulling, boxing etc.  Good results can be obtained by the trainers by improving the techniques of tribal players.  Whereas unlike this, urban players are not physically stronger than the tribal players coming from rural areas due to the amenities and environment received from birth.  Apart from this, such sports are preferred by the students of urban areas in which physical labor is used less.  Like cricket, volleyball, throw ball, snooker, chess, table tennis etc. But if urban players want to go for physical labor sports like kabaddi, hockey, football, lawn tennis, kho-kho, basketball, boxing, wrestling etc. then they should  His trainers place more emphasis on developing strength, endurance, stamina and agility before technique.  Only after these qualities are inculcated in a player, the trainers try to develop the technique of the game and the game.  Due to the presence of these qualities in the tribal players of rural areas, the teachers only have to pay attention to their technique and make the players aware of the rules of the game.  Due to which the tribal players of rural environment are able to give better results in less time.
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