The Sports School is related to the widely acclaimed Indian Badminton Player and Coach Pullela Gopichand, who will be our Chief Mentor for The Sports School Badminton Academy. He will guide the understudies with the huge experience and shrewdness he has obtained throughout the long term. Notwithstanding that he will likewise be leading restrictive camps for the understudies at The Sports School.
Pullela Gopichand is a previous Indian Badminton player who at present is the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton crew. He won his first National Badminton Championship title in 1996 and proceeded to win the title multiple times in succession. He additionally won two gold and one silver at the Indian public games, 1998. Globally, Gopichand has addressed India in a few competitions like Thomas Cup competitions, SAARC badminton competition, Commonwealth Games, Toulouse open title, and Scottish open title.
In the wake of resigning, Gopichand moved to instruct and has prepared a few noticeable Indian badminton players including Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth, P. V. Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap, Arundhati Pantawane, Srikanth Kidambi, and many others. Saina Nehwal proceeded to win the bronze award at the 2012 Summer Olympics and P. V. Sindhu bagged the silver award at the 2016 Summer Olympics and turned into the primary Indian to win the BWF World Championships. Gopichand likewise filled in as the authority Indian Olympic Badminton Team mentor at the 2016 Brazil’s Rio Olympics.
He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1999, the prestigious Dronacharya Award in 2009, and also the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-most elevated nonmilitary personnel grant in 2014.