Sports

Tennis Coaching : Udgam School has, for the first time in Gujarat, developed two covered Tennis Courts in addition to the one open. Tennis teaches the students important skills like coordination of eye and body movements. Udgam has the privilege of having one of the India’s two US PTA certified tennis coaches Mr. Shrimal Bhatt as the chief tennis coach. Mr. Shrimal Bhatt heads a team of 3 Coaches and 3 Markers to conduct tennis coaching from standards 2nd to 7th. An excellent shade over the two tennis courts help the students play even during afternoon hours. Tennis is also a compulsory activity and Udgam School does not charge anything extra. Even balls and racquets are provided by the school.

Coaching students every year since February 2006 Udgam School is supposedly running one of the largest tennis coaching centers’ in Ahmedabad.

Cricket Coaching :  Cricket brings a lot of team spirit and sportsmanship in the life of a child. In India Cricket is the most popular sport. Not only Boys but even Girls like to play cricket.

Cricket not only has physical benefits but also provides social, emotional and mental well being. It builds endurance and stamina, balance and eye-hand coordination with team skills.

The sports teachers are well-versed with the game and provide guidance to the students.

Chess Coaching:  Udgam School is one of the very few schools in the country which can boast about an International Grand Master in its Alumni. Tejas Bakre is the 12th Grand Master from India and Udgam is proud to be his Alma Mater. Manthan Choksi and Fenil Shah are two other state level champions from the school.

A number of studies in the West have shown that playing chess aids not only the early development of the brain but also benefits young players socially, builds character and contributes to overall classroom performance. At the 40th World Chess Congress in 1969, Dr. Hans Klaus, Dean of the School of Philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, commented upon the chess studies completed in Germany: “Chess helps any human being to elaborate exact methods of thinking. It would be particularly useful to start playing chess from the early school days”.

Chess is a compulsory activity for the standards 5th, 6th and 7th. Udgam School doesn’t charge anything extra for this activity and the coaching is done during school hours. Cumulatively 360 students are trained for Chess at our school.

Badminton Coaching: Udgam School is one of the very few schools in the country which can boast about an International Grand Master in its Alumni. Tejas Bakre is the 12th Grand Master from India and Udgam is proud to be his Alma Mater. Manthan Choksi and Fenil Shah are two other state level champions from the school.

A number of studies in the West have shown that playing chess aids not only the early development of the brain but also benefits young players socially, builds character and contributes to overall classroom performance. At the 40th World Chess Congress in 1969, Dr. Hans Klaus, Dean of the School of Philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, commented upon the chess studies completed in Germany: “Chess helps any human being to elaborate exact methods of thinking. It would be particularly useful to start playing chess from the early school days”.

Chess is a compulsory activity for the standards 5th, 6th and 7th. Udgam School doesn’t charge anything extra for this activity and the coaching is done during school hours. Cumulatively 360 students are trained for Chess at our school.