Be a better person than yesterday : Aaditya gautam


 Aaditya Gautam(jersey no. 1)

Aaditya Gautam a sportsperson who got into a sport he never knew yet was able to compete with those trained players. At the age of 14 he started playing Throw ball.With just training of few months, his team won 1st place at the state level. At the age of 16, he got the recognition of various coaches for his unique playstyle in the National Tournament.

Q1:How did you get to know about throw ball as it's not a commonly know sports?

A: Well my major sports was Athletics at that time and I didn’t know anything about throw balls. But then there was a training camp held in Laxmi Public School and our Sports HOD ask me to give it a try. so that time I started going to camp and Started everything from scrap.

Q2 What was your main position in Throwball?

A: Our coach Ankur sir was a really great coach, he never let someone focus on only 1 position but trained us in a way that anyone of us can play in any of the positions. Because in throw ball there a rotation due to which everyone would have to proficient enough to play that position.

Q3 How were you able to co-up with both your sports and studies?

A: that time was quite harsh as in the morning I had to go to school and just after our school end, I use to go to the training camp, I didn’t even get the chance to go back home after school. I was out of my house from 7:30am to 6:00pm. But still, I never neglected any of the things when I was in camp I use to only focus on practice and when I use to study then my only focus was on books only.

Q4 What was your major achievement in Throwball?

A: I got the title of best server in the national tournament  and other coaches were also praising me as I have a very unique and difficult way to serve. No one was able to predict which way the ball will go as I was able to spin the ball at a very fast speed. Even the chief selectors were praising me for such a technique.


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