Sharath Kamal partners with Lakshya Sports

India’s star paddler Sharath Kamal and Lakshya Sports have inked a deal that is bound to help the SDAT-AKG TTA run by Sharath’s father-uncle duo (Srinivasa Rao & Muralidhara Rao) here. The Academy will now be called ‘SDAT-AKG-SK Academy’, according to Muralidhara Rao.

The association, which will continue for “initial three years”, will provide the Academy paddlers with a specialist nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach (manned by Sports Dynamics), physio and a mental trainer.

Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, Sharath thanked Lakshya, with whom he has been associated since 2016. He said: “It is great that Lakshya is extending its expertise to the grassroot level. The services of strength and conditioning coach, physio and fitness coach will be used on a regular basis while nutritionist and mental trainer will be used on a requirement basis.”

Rajath Kamal, Sharath’s brother and former sports analyst for the Indian senior TT team, will spearhead the operations while Sharath will be the mentor. The Academy will run under the guidance of Rao brothers.

Ashish Desai, Secretary of Lakshya and Satyen Patel, president of Lakshya, also spoke.