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Srilankan S.H.A. Hasinthika Darshani Kalupahana in Sunday Kho-Kho Series


(S. H. Arachchige Hasinthika Darshani Kalupahana Srilankan Kho-Kho Player)

Srilanka has seen lots of improvement in Kho-Kho in South Asia in last few years .As the performance of Team Srilanka also gets a major boost due to good efforts of Srilankan Kho-Kho Federation and Srilankan Government.Lots of players and Coaches gets a International exposure of Kho-Kho and regular Official Camps and Seminars by KKFI,IKKF & AKKF increased awareness of Kho-Kho not in Srilanka but in others countries too.Srilankan Shantha Hetti Arachchige Hasinthika Darshani Kalupahana was caught by our featured columinst Shamily  Sharma to share Srilankan Kho-Kho .Thanks to her from Voice of International Player to be part of spreading Kho-Kho awareness worldwide.

Q1. When you Started Kho-Kho?

Ans. I started Kho-Kho in 2017. After selected to the university, one of my colleague and one of senior student asked me to play Kho-Kho game.

Q2. Why you choose Kho-Kho?

Ans. I am really interesting about this game. Because it's not much difficult to learn. But some skills in kho kho game are very advance. It is easy to play anyone who know about the basic rules and regulations.


Q3. How Kho-Kho is expanding in Srilanka?

Ans.
Kho-Kho is still in grassroot level in Sri Lanka. It's not much popular through out the country. But past players they did their job well. They help to expand this game in all over the country.
After the government changed the new syllabus, for health and physical education subject they add this game. So now every school all over the country learn about this game.

Q4. What is your favourite move in Kho-Kho?
Ans.I like sudden change of direction skill. It should be a lot for runners. And to develop that skill we need lot of SAQ training.


Q5. How can you say that Kho-Kho player is able to play every game?

Ans. 
It has so many movements and different  kind of skills. To play best we need to know about every movements in Kho-Kho game. It has different kind of movement related to other sports.

Q6. What are your achievements?

Ans.To participate national Kho-Kho Championship in 2017 and we won first runner up.
I selected for SAG Kho-Kho pool in 2019. But I didn't get the chance to participate in South Asian Games. Because I got ankel injury.


Q7. How can you motivate more srilankan to join Kho-Kho?

Ans.
 Playing Kho-Kho keeps children well, strong, motivated, enthusiastic and young. It helps in better coordination and flexibility. Kho-Kho helps the children to off depression, anxiety, stress, and increase self-esteem. It develops team spirit and leadership skills.

Q8 .What are your suggestions to improve Kho-Kho?

Ans. Kho-Kho is not much popular in our country, so I think it's better to do workshop and practical session for the school level students and university students. And If the government can develop more infrastructure  of this game more than that it also helps for the players who are try to achieve their best. There are many talented students in rural area if we can do some campaign for find them, its great advantage  for the country.


Q9 .Who is your Coach and How he trained you.

Ans. 
When I was participated in National Championship, I haven't any coach. But there are two people that I have to mention, Mr. N.H.S.M.Navarathne  and Mr.R.M.S.S.Ranathunga. These two are our university friends. They introduce us this game. After I selected to the National pool, our coach is Mr. S.Dunusinghe. He is a very virtuous and exemplary coach.

Q10. Any words for Voice of International Player?

Ans. Thanks for giving me a chance to express my views to Kho-Kho World and also it is a very great platform for Kho-Kho personalities to be popular.Really appreciable effort for Kho-Kho.

 

 Featured Columnist Shamily Sharma (India)



Coordinated by:

Pankaj Malhotra( India)
(Voice of International Player)



Assisted By:
1.Pushpa Vathi (India)
2.Tarmeet Shenu (India)

Columnist:
1.Kanika Soni(Faridabad, India)
2.Komal Rajput(India)

Supported By:
1.S.B.S.Tirthi (Advisor KKFI,India)
2.Anuj Khajuria(North Carolina, U.S.A)

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