Anantapur Sports Academy

09/10/2026

🏑 Ready to Take the Field!

🥳 Our Hockey Team is participating in the Charanjit Rai 32nd Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament (Under-17), embracing the opportunity to compete and learn.

💪🏻 With dedicated training and preparation at Pulivendula Turf, our players are ready to compete, gain valuable experience, and continue to learn and grow through the game.

✨ Lets cheer them on as they give their best on the field. Wishing our team the very best for the tournament!

08/10/2026

📩 September at ASA was a month of creating opportunities, strengthening grassroots sport and supporting young athletes.

Key Highlights:
🏑 Hockey Residential Programme, partnered with PRIF, kicks off at Anantapur Sports Village (ASV).
🧑🏻‍🏫 ASA conducts Referee Development Workshops for emerging Youth Leaders.
⚽ ASA distributes Football & Hockey Equipment to ASA's centres & grassroots clubs.

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07/10/2026

🏆 Every Playground Has More Than One Story!

💫 It’s more than just playing; a skill is learnt, confidence is built, and young athletes learn to face challenges.

😃 Coaches listen, encourage and guide, helping young talents grow through play and believe in their potential.

✨ At ASA, every playground is a platform to play, learn and grow, creating opportunities for children and youth to develop through sport and build a stronger future.

What is one lesson you learned through sport that stayed with you?

06/10/2026

🏆 A New Season of Opportunities!

🥳 The Rural Sports League is kicking off its new season with Kabaddi and Hockey, bringing young athletes together to compete, learn and grow.

💪🏻 With opportunities to gain valuable competitive exposure, the leagues continue to serve as an important pathway for nurturing young talent.

🤔 Who are you backing this season?

04/10/2026

🏑 Non-Residential Hockey Camps!

😃 The Non-Residential Camp brought together 80 young, talented athletes for age-appropriate (U-12 & U-14) hockey training focused on skills, game understanding, decision-making, and teamwork.

🙌 Alongside the athletes, 7 Youth Coaches planned and delivered structured sessions, strengthening their coaching and session-planning skills.

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01/10/2026

🏑 Learning to Lead!

✨ We conducted a Referee Development Workshop, bringing together 25 young participants from Anantapur and Sri Sathyasai districts, including 19 male and 6 female participants.

📚 The workshop covered umpiring signals, FIH Rules relevant to grassroots competitions, and age-appropriate game rules, with specific discussions around the U-08 and U-10 Mixed Gender Festivals.

🙌 The sessions focused on helping young referees build the knowledge and confidence to officiate grassroots competitions while creating a supportive environment for age-appropriate learning, participation and enjoyment.

29/09/2026

🏑 Strengthening opportunities by connecting schools!

😃 As part of the ASA Grassroots Hockey Programme, we brought together 14 government and private school PE teachers along with our grassroots team to strengthen the connection between schools and grassroots hockey.

🤝 The discussion focused on engaging schools in regular RDT-ASA competitions to provide players with greater exposure and opportunities to grow in sport.

🤝🏻 Through this collaboration, we aim to create more regular competition, greater match exposure, better talent identification and a clearer pathway for young players.

25/09/2026

⚽ West Bengal are the champions of the Junior Girls’ NFC 2026!

🙌 We were proud to host the Dr Talimeren Ao Girls’ National Football Championship, organised by AIFF and hosted by APFA, from 10th to 25th September 2026.

⚽ Over two weeks, Anantapur welcomed some of the country’s promising young footballers as they competed, challenged themselves and gained valuable experience on the national stage.

🙌 We’re delighted to have been part of a championship that brought national-level girls’ football to Anantapur and created another opportunity for young athletes to play, learn and grow through sport.

👏 Congratulations to West Bengal on the title, and well played to every team that competed!

📸 Kailas Khanna Kangadan Prashanth sports photography

24/09/2026

23/09/2026

🏆 Anantapur District School Sports Championship!

😃 We were proud to partner with the District Education Department & Sports Authority, Anantapur, under the leadership of Sri O. Anand, I.A.S, DistrictCollector Ananthapuramu , as the Technical & Knowledge Partner for this pilot initiative.

💪🏻 Through a three-tier competition model, the championship brought together 25,048 children (45% girls) from 544 schools, creating a structured pathway from school-level participation to district-level competition.

🥳W e are elated to support building a stronger school sports ecosystem in Anantapur and creating more opportunities for children to play, compete, learn and grow through sport.

*As published in DistrictCollector Ananthapuramu page