Thanks to BIT for transforming Tiny feet to Tennis Champ!!

Locked-down has brought the entire world to stand still but has let little feet try Tennis in the open air with the best in class Sports complex at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam custom made for the BIT Staff's kids staying in Staff Quarters. The standard synthetic tennis courts with fencing and floodlights are an excellent platform and our children are fortunate to gain access to these facilities.

Thanks to the BIT Physical Education department, dedicated Tennis coaches MS. D. Dhanu & Mr. P. Thamilarasan, under the guidance of Dr. R. Jeyaraman, Director of Physical Education along with Dr. K. Amirthavalli and Dr. R. Sathish Kumar who always stand up for anything that's needed.  We are always indebted to the ever-supportive Chairman Dr. S.V. Balasubramaniam for nurturing the budding players and ever encouraging Trustee Thiru M.P.Vijayakumar IAS Retd, Principal Dr. C. Palanisamy, and Dean PDS Dr. K. Sivakumar.

Coaching Timings

PED department at BIT Sathy, truly believes in Novak's words and reflects them in their Tennis coaching schedule, fitness routine, and training.

The session started with 3 kids is now 60+ which is a phenomenal growth in less than a year. Fitness Sessions starts early morning from 6:15am to 7:45am and kids used to come with so much energy and enthusiasm. 

Considering the strength of students and their age group, the Tennis coaching is split into 2 different timings

• 10:15 am to 11:30am 
  
• 05:15 pm to 06:45pm
  
• 05:45 pm to 07:30pm

The evening session ends with homemade healthy snacks sponsored by parents on a rotational basis. 

Heart-felt Experiences 

Dr. R. Jayaraman, Director of Physical Education, BIT Sathy

The tennis coaching was started in the year 2019 at our college premises. In this regard, the management has magnanimously accepted to recruit 2 specialized tennis coaches in the department of physical education. Besides this our management has sponsored several lakhs to purchase advanced coaching equipment like Ball feeder, Topspin pro, Tennis ball training net and etc. in the year 2019 around 12 kids were attended the coaching sessions. The Department of Physical Education (DPE) has been expressing our hearty thanks to Dr. R. V. Natarajan Prof. IT for taken the initiative to start the tennis coaching classes. During the pandemic lockdown period, we have bunged all the coaching sessions. After the Govt. relaxation the Department of Physical Education has resumed the tennis coaching with 3 kids. The DPE has introduced more attractive coaching & fitness sessions and also provides healthy refreshment to all the kids with the help of the parents. Now it’s grown up to more than 60 kids. For the convenience of the kids, we have to organize four coaching sessions a day. Now the academy is named BIT Tennis Academy. DPE has created a logo and office bearers for BIT Tennis Academy. Recently, some of our academy kids have participated in various tournaments and brought laurels to the BIT Tennis Academy. The kids are attending the coaching sessions with great enthusiasm and cheers. The management and BIT tennis academy are ready to extend our dedicated coaching session to all the kids throughout the year and we are expecting the parents to support and motivate their kids to play in the forthcoming years.

External Tournament

Kovai Open

A.R. Aabbey Varsha, N. Madumitha, and J. Bhavna Devi have participated in the Kovai Open (a state-level tournament) organized by JS Tennis academy, Coimbatore. J. Bhavna Devi played in under 10 category and entered up to quarterfinals. And received a medal and certificate for the same.

Moxiee Junior Championship Tennis

N. MADHUMITHA entered upto quarter-finals in Moxiee Junior Championship Tennis Tournament Under 10 category held at Moxiee Tennis School, Coimbatore on 25th & 26th January 2019. She was honored with a trophy and certificate.

Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) Championship

J. BHAVNA DEVI won the FIRST place in Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) Championship under 12 Category (losers Draw) organised by JS Tennis Academy, Coimbatore.

BIT Kids Tennis Tournament

As a crown to all the effort, BIT Physical Education Department came up with the Kids Tennis Tournament 2021 to celebrate the enthusiastic Kids' commitment towards Tennis while India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day. 

Well, I never knew that 6 categories could be brought in for engaging kids of different ages & experiences with Racket & Ball.

• Elite - Tennis (Match Ball)
• Intermediate I - Tennis (Green Dot Ball)
• Intermediate II - Box Rally (Red Tennis Ball)
• Beginners I - Target Hit (Self Feeding)
• Beginners II - Target Hit (Drop Feeding)
• Beginners III - Ball Balancing

The event started with a grand inauguration with an invocation song Guru Stotram chanted by our kid. Professor Dr. Natarajan presided over the function and Mrs. Bhuvaneswari Subramani, Alumnae declared the Match open. Uniform distribution & the players' introduction brought in new joy on all faces. 

We could see great discipline in the kids witnessing all the matches patiently and waiting for their turn to exhibit their talent. 

Dr. P. Saravanamoorthi, HOD Maths has  inaugurated the Kids Tennis Trophy Elite Group final match with spin of coin.

Dr. K. Sivakumar, Dean PDS was the chief guest for this valediction. He encouraged all the students to achieve more and distributed the prizes & certificates.

Inauguration

Elite - Tennis (Match Ball)

Elite - Semi-Finals

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Elite - Finals

Intermediate II - Box Rally (Green Dot Ball)

Intermediate II - Box Rally (Red Tennis Ball)

Beginners I - Target Hit (Self Feeding)

Beginners II - Target Hit (Drop Feeding)

Beginners III - Ball Balancing

Valedictory Function & Prize Distribution

Dear Kiddoes 

Indulge into some form of sport,
Not just to exercise or develop a physical skill - But also
To build positive self-esteem,

To make new friends and have fun,

To be a good team player and be focused on goals.

What am I missing here? Let me know in the comments and I'll add it in!

Bhuvaneswari Subramani