Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Friday admitted that mental health issues of Indian players across sports are still a work in progress and said the benefits should trickle down to the grassroots level.
Bindra said mental health directly affects the overall health of a player and sports administrators also have the same responsibility in this regard.
“This is an area that is still being worked on and we all accept that,” he told reporters in a virtual conversation. “The ecosystem of our game is still evolving. It is slowly maturing.”
Bindra said: “This is an aspect that is important not only for shooters but for players of all sports and should be given priority. This is an aspect that has a direct impact on the performance of the player.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist said: “Sports organisations and people involved in operations must ensure that our players get the benefit and perform well.”
Bindra described the presence of a mental health expert with the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics as a step in the right direction.
He said: “We saw progress in this area at the Paris Olympics. This was the first time that the Indian team had a mental health expert. Some good things are happening, but we need to move faster to bring its benefits to the grassroots level.
Bindra rejected the idea that today’s players are softer than those of the past.
“I completely disagree with this,” he said. If this assumption is to be believed, then soft guys are winning more than hard guys because that’s what our results and our history tell us.
Bindra revealed that the meditation process helped him when he planned to quit shooting after winning the Olympic gold in 2008.
She said: “When I won the gold medal at the Olympics, my energy was completely drained. I was physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted. I needed to regain my energy and it was not easy.”
Bindra said: “I decided to take a Vipassana meditation course. It was interesting because I really wanted to leave the game and move in a new direction. ,
He said: “I had to remain completely silent and meditate for eight to nine hours a day for 10 days and during that time I was just thinking about my game. I thought about how much I loved the process of what I was doing.”
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