SAI’s national selection trials for hockey players to begin from March 2

Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) open selection trials for hockey players is set to begin in its various National Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) from March 2.

The selection trials will be conducted at various locations across the country where both girls and boys between the age of 14 to 24 years can participate, the nodal sports body said on Wednesday.

The trials will be conducted over a period of three days with the selectors testing the probable players’ fitness and



skill level via various tests.

While the first set of trails will begin on March 2 at SAI’s NCoE Aurangabad, the process will continue at other centres in the following days: Kolkata – women – March 7 to 9, Sonipat- men – March 15 to 17, Mumbai – women – March 11 to 13, Patiala – women – March 3 to 5, Lucknow – men & women – March 3 to 5 (women) and March 7 to 9 (men), Aurangabad – men – March 2 to 4, Imphal – men & women – March 7 to 9 (women) and March 10 to 12 (men).