Roopnagar Hockey Academy, Ropar

Gobind Valley Hockey academy in Ropar is a most popular academy of Punjab. The players of this academy are most popular in Punjab. The name of coach of the academy is sardar Inderjit Singh. He was a great hockey player. He was played in J.C.T, B.S.F, P.S.E.B departments. Now he takes jobs in P.S.E.B. He gives free hockey sticks, shoes and training
for their players.
About Hockey
Hockey is an oldest game of India. A game called hockey played in English public school in the early 19th century. Lytton wrote in 1853 that on the common some young men were playing at hockey.
Yhe game had been taken to India by British servicemen and the first clubs formed there in Calcutta in 1885. The Beighton cup and the Aga khan tournament had commenced within ten years. Entring the games Olympic games in 1928, India won all five of its games without conceding a goal, and went on to win in 1932 until 1956, and then in 1964 and 1980. Pakistan won in 1960, 1968, and 1984.