Declining Influence of SportsIn India

By Siddhartha Parakh

Introduction

This project gives a description about “Declining influence of sports in India”.

Sports which play crucial role in our life, is now on the declining slope. This includes unjust participation of women in sports, commercialisation of sports, replacement by “E-SPORTS”. Modern gadgets now -a- days attract more than outdoor sports .

We would discuss about this declining Influence of sports in India.

Declining Influence of Sports

Diversity in Sports in India

India is home to a diverse population playing many different sports across the country. Too many games and sports are played in India like

Cricket , football, hockey, basketball , Kabaddi etc but cricket amongst is the most popular .

Different sports are played in different regions of the country for eg. Football in West Bengal, Kabaddi in punjab , Basketball in Rajasthan.

Hockey is stated as the national game of India.

Condition of Sports in India

Scope of Sports in India these days has been diminishing . Participation in sports has been shrinking , women participation in sports is also less . Modern gadgets now-a-days attract more than sports played out of the door.

Proper grounds and fields are not available due to increasing modernisation. Proper sports equipments and funds are not available to sportsperson. Commercialisation of sports has lead the sports only confined to the money.

Small children which are required to strengthen their base in sports do not have basic facilities at their school level .

Number of coaches in our country are also less .When we talk about the performance of India in sports. Stats are enough to

depict what the condition is.The table below shows the performance of India in Olympics 2012 recently held

in London

Reasons of Such condition of Sports in India

There has been a decline in the participation in sports these days . Sports these days has been replaced by TVs ,Mobiles and computers. Especially the younger generation founds stuck more to these. People’s thinking towards women and lack of role models in women, sense of insecurity also contributes to lesser participation , there are many talented sports persons in our country which do not have platform to ameliorate and enhance their skills . So appropriate facilities should be provided to those who have potency and don’t have facilities and money. Attitude and thinking of people should be changed . Parents should encourage their wards to participate more in sports activities

A comparative study with other nations

Comparision study has been taken to show performance of India . India’s performance in olympics has been shown by a graphical presentation . Also other country’s stats has been given for comparision

Flashback If we talk about Sports in past India has a rich heritage of

these activities People of earlier times played various games to enjoy and recreate themselves as can be found in the archaeological excavations of Mohenjadaro and Harappa, the Vedic literature, The Ramayana(archery ) and the Mahabharata (dice games), the Puranas, the literary works of Kautilya, Kalidasa, Panini and Dandin as well as a whole lot of Buddhist and Jain literatures. Various archaeological evidences like coins, inscriptions and monumental carvings support them. Pre independence period lead to emergence of most popular game “Cricket”

Emergence of E-SportsThe time has changed too much out of our expectations .

With everything going with newly emerged “E-” Concept Sports even have gone “Electronic” . Now sports seem to be only limited to Computers Ipads and mobile phones. Instead of moving out in grounds , new generations has made their computers as battlefield . Falling down with physical and mental fittness . Instead of perceiving their wards their parents are stuck to their mobiles. Parents must be aware themselves and should allow them to move out and play and get bonded with nature.

When Sports become $po ts

This is clear from above line what does $po ts mean. It simply depicts the involvement of money or just Commercialisation of sports .

Now if you ask someone “What Do You Want To Be ?” he would prefer to be a sports man first because it will help you earn a heap of money that you might not earn in your whole life.

This indicates that Sports now-a-days has only confined in terms of money .

According to reports it has been found that richest sports person is an Indian .

Women participation in Sports in India

Women participation in sports has a long history can see the pre independence time when women were facing partisanship , abcourse there was lesser participation of women in that male dominated society.

But with the change in time after the independence the women started participation . PT Usha , AB george , Maricom , Saina Nehwal , Sania Mirza has been remarkable in their sports and has turned the opportunities into success, they have made India proud by hunting top positions in International sports like Olympics , Commonwealth games. SAF games etc. These women has now been the role models for thousands of people .

But there are many challenges faced by women that limits their participation women feels insecure ,they witness teasing which spoils sports environment . There is need of change in attitudes of people.

What should be done The condition of sports in India is very pathetic.Money rules over Sports in india, Electronic equipments plays over the

minds of people followed by lesser participation in sports activities , those who have potential, wants to flourish in sports , doesn’t have opportunities.

This is what defines the condition of sports in our country. Media should play active role in motivating people more towards sports. Opportunities should be provided to the people to enhance in sports. Government could play a major role in the same .

Government can help them to arrange funds and should start various programs so people would involve more in sport activities.

Secure environment for women should be made so that women would participate more in sports.

Media and SportsMedia whether print or electronic can play a significant and

effective role in Flourishing the condition of sports and make a healthy sports environment. Media can make a sportsperson superman overnights , so it’s a vital source of motivation to sportsperson because they get publicity through it and also motivate more sportsperson to come up . Media should highlight the importance of sports and should cover more women’s sports to encourage more women participation. Sports like Kabaddi has been flourished only because of media by “ PRO KABADDI LEAGUE”

Thus media can play positive role in increasing influence of Sports