The Patna Pirates, one of the most successful teams of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi league seasons are in news because of its immensely fruitful initiate known as “Train with Pirates”. According to this initiative, the aspirants of the kabaddi are given a chance to train along with the team members of the Patna Pirates and under the mentoring of their team coach Ram Meher Singh.
The first ever trial session of the ‘Train with Pirates’ was held last year on September 1st. The motive behind this initiative was to provide young talent with a golden opportunity to nurture their ability by making them play and train under the light of top performers of the game. When you play with experienced players, you gain a better understanding of the game and learn many new things.
Last season in 2018, the team coach Ram Meher Singh selected three players to be trained through proper trials. They were provided one month of special training in Delhi. The three selected players for the ‘Train with Pirates’ season 1 were Aman Bharti, Premjeet Kumar and Ravindra Kumar. These three were able to qualify the trials and were provided training under the guidance of Ram Meher Singh, Arjun awardee and coach of the Patna Pirates team. They were selected on the basis of their performance in the game, their physical strength and fitness, mental status and their contribution as a team member to the game. The participants were majorly from the state of Bihar. It seemed that Bihar has an unquenchable talent that is needed to be recognized.
For this reason, this year also witnessed the ‘train with pirates’ campaign before the commencement of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi league season 7. The Patna pirates recently announced the name of the selected players that were selected for Train with Pirates 2019.
The season 2 ’Train with Pirates’ players were selected on the basis of their performance in the recent kabaddi tournament held under the name Patna Leg of Red Bull Tashan. This tournament was also a result of an initiative supported by the Patna Pirates to increase awareness for the sport among young players. As in its last season, this season too the players were selected by the coach of the team Ram Meher Singh.
The names of the selected players in Train with Pirates 2019 are Ram Raj and Prem Kumar. Ram Raj (19) was one of the players in the winning team of the tournament whereas Prem Kumar (17) was a player in the runners-up team of the tournament. Both the players were able to perform tremendously well for their team on their part and were the ones who caught the eye of the coach Ram Meher Singh.
The two worthy players will now get an astounding opportunity to improve their performance and enhance it by training along with the team members of the Patna Pirates. Patna Pirates, the three-time champions of the Pro Kabaddi league undoubtedly possess players with an abundance of talent and capabilities. Getting trained in the training camp along with such talented players is no less than getting your hands on a pot of gold. Not only this but also being trained by the brilliant coach itself is like an icing on the cake. This will enable the selected players to even experience high-level sports.
The CEO of the Patna Pirates, Pawan S. Rana when asked more about this campaign said that they are always looking forward to recognizing new talented players of the game and will continue to invest in the same. They want to find the best talent in the field of Kabaddi and to provide them with a platform to outshine their talent.