UBA Helping the dreams of Dr. Subramanian And Ludhiana Basketball Academy

Dr. Sankaran Subramanian is planting the seeds of basketball knowledge in Ludhiana Basketball Academy at Guru Nanak Stadium in 2002 and the Indian Basketball is still bearing the incredible talent which is growing day by day. A diminutive man from Tamil Nadu, Dr. Subramanian along with Teja Singh Dhaliwal and R.S. Gill established the LBA with aim to train and scout the Tall and Youngsters in basketball.

The 3^rd UBA US Pro Performance camp was held in Phoenix, Arizona and it had some of the best PRO attendance, 12 players from India also headed to attend the camp where they join some of the new and returning faces from America along with 9 new Indian origin players living abroad. Out of the 12 players who made the trip from India like Satnam Singh Garry Gill (Punjab Steelers), Yadwinder Singh (Haryana Gold), Jagdeep Bains (Mumbai Challengers), Palpreet Brar (Bengaluru Beast), Loveneet Singh Atwal and Khushmeet Singh Atwal are both from (Bengaluru Beast) all hailing from LBA.  

It was their first trip to USA for some of the Indian players including Yadwinder, Loveneet and Khushmeet. Jagdeep was attending their 2nd UBA US Pro Performance Camp, when usually people go abroad they bring goodies in terms of trinkets/clothes/handicraft items. When Dr. Subramanian goes abroad, he would bring back VHS tapes of basketball.

He brings basketball knowledge from abroad for his students, with the UBA his students get the opportunities to travel to the USA to learn in the UBA US pro performance camp.

The Reunion of LBA players in the USA in the 3rd UBA US Pro Performance Camp saw Satnam reunite with his mentor Jagdeep. According to the jagdeep “I'm so happy Satnam is here in the camp. It is very good to train together and prepare for the next UBA season. Really excited for it,”

In the camp they also witness the reunion of other LBA players with Khushmeet and Satnam reuniting along with others. A true basketball genius who had dedicated his entire life to the sport, Dr. Subramanian spent 40 years of his life coaching and giving training to the students. He competed as the National Basketball Championship from 1964 to 1967 as a player and he win the multiple gold medals as an assistant coach for the services team as well.   

By: Lakshender s. angras

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