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Indian Athletics Training Centers
Indian Athletics Training Centers are well equipped with proper infrastructure and provide the facilities to the young aspirants. Such training centers are constituted in order to develop excellence by upgrading the skills of Indian sports persons.

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Indian Athletics Training CentersA number of sports authorities at the national and regional levels govern athletics in India. Indian Athletics Training Centers provide the Indian Athletes with adequate training facilities and other necessary equipments to help improving their skills. The Indian Athletic Training Centers are playing the role of backbone to Indian Athletics, as they are nurturing the young talents in the grass route level.

India has a number of training centers and the Indian Athletics Training Centers operate in collaboration with the national and regional governing bodies. The centers organise different training programmes throughout the year and find out new talents in every department of Athletics. They also run some schemes that are aimed at achieving specific objectives.

Usha School of Athletics, Indian Athletic Academy, Sports Authority of India, SAI Training Centres, Athletics Federation of India and many more are concentrated in Indian states. These bodies help the young players to get proper world class training to compete in the national and international games.

Sports Authority of India and Amateur Athletics Federation of India
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Amateur Athletics Federation of India (AAFI) are counted among the most important Indian Athletics Training Centers. The SAI operates 23 training centers spread all over India and the centers are of both residential and non-residential kinds. It also operates various schemes at sub-junior, junior and senior level to widen sports and develop excellence by upgrading the skills of Indian sports persons. On the other hand, the AAFI is operating many training centers that are aimed at improving the entire scenario of Indian Athletics.

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