Sports For All (SFA), today announced the formation of a long-term strategic training & development partnership with the greatest swimmer of all-time, Michael Phelps’s Swimming Program. SFA stands committed to revolutionizing the landscape of inter-school and inter-college sport and make it the genesis of identifying future champions of our country and the partnership with Michael Phelps Swimming programme as its training and development partner has reaffirmed its ideology to bring forth the best in class to all school children.
Michael Phelps
The ‘Michael Phelps Swimming’ Institute’s talent scouts will be present during the SFA’s eight-day sporting extravaganza. 50 young and talented swimmers will be identified and awarded with the prestigious Michael Phelps’ scholarship at Michael Phelps swimming centres across Mumbai. These students will have the opportunity to get trained by star coaches. The ‘Michael Phelps Swimming’ team will also have its centre at SFA’s Sports & Education Week, at the DY Patil Stadium from December 24 to 31, where they will be conducting knowledge sharing seminars and giving technique demonstrations.
Post tournament, all the students from SFA registered schools can avail of the ‘Michael Phelps Swimming’ programme which will be priced at special rates for students only from registered schools and would have access to Michael Phelps swimming facilities spread across 8 centres in Mumbai including DY Patil Stadium – Nerul, Bandra Gymkhana, Evershine Club – Kandivali, Classique Club – Lokhandwala, Renaissance Federation Club – Versova, YMCA – Mumbai Central, Badhwar Park – Cuffe Parade, I LAND Academy Club – Bhakti Park.
The training levels designed exclusively for SFA participants would emphasise on:
· Pre – Beginner Focus on rotary breathing and making participant comfortable
· Beginner Focus on teaching freestyle
· Advanced Beginner Focus on honing freestyle skills and teaching backstroke
· Intermediate Focus on Breast-stroke and butterfly
The vision & goal of this program is to spread the sport across the nation for fitness, leisure, water safety & professionally.