But we try to keep practicing so that we are not rusty during the competition,” said Bhoir. When there is no competition, we don’t have a reference point for our performance. “We repeat the steps and try to perfect them.
Bhoir, who trains in Dombivli, said throughout the year they keep on rehearsing the steps as per their coaches’ instructions. They train at the sports centre in Pune for two months before the competition and then go back to the units, as there is no point holding them without any competition,” said Services manager Ajay Pal Singh. “We call our trampoline athletes only before the competitions. However, those training for trampoline have to do it at the base unit, along with managing the on-field responsibility. Athletes representing the Services in most sports train at their respective sports centres or nodes. It is interesting that despite the lack of competitions, gymnasts train for the event throughout the year. Also, despite being an Olympic event, trampoline doesn’t get government’s grant, so not many are keen to host big competitions,” Gymnastics Federation of India’s treasurer, Kaushik Bidiwala, told TOI. Non-availability of trampoline in many states is one of the reasons. “There are no national-level domestic competitions conducted in trampoline. There are five disciplines in gymnastics – artistic, aerobatics, acrobatics, rhythmic and trampoline – and all events have their own Nationals and not a combined event. The last two editions of Nationals were held in 2019, and 2018, but before that, the meet was conducted only in 2013. The last Nationals in trampoline category was conducted in 2019. Being an Olympic discipline, trampoline event attracts a lot of participation, but other than the Nationals, there is no big competition that the gymnasts can compete at. The Maharashtra gymnast topped the men’s trampoline event, which made its debut in the National Games. VADODARA: When the National Games hosted gymnastics events at the Sama indoor sports centre in Vadodara, Adarsh Bhoir participated in his maiden national-level meet and won gold.
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