fit its a new way of learning but extremely helpful raman saidisl6 champions atk too has handed every member of the squad a fitness programme our trainer has given us a schedule and i am working on it to stay in shape clubs rightback prabir das said similarly indias leading table tennis player sutirtha mukherjee is dedicating 3 hours a day to keep up her fitness apart from fitness there is not much that i can do at home coach soumyadeep roy is helping us with physical and mental fitness schedules sutirtha saidfor chandigarh based golfer shubhankar sharma these sessions are a way of getting back to the fundamentals and clear doubts in the mindhowever gm dibyendu barua who is conducting online classes for his students believes the players may be benefiting from online sessions at the moment but an actual game of chess is way more competitive with the availability of laptops and internet in every household kids are getting big help from these classes but i would prefer playing against an opponent facetoface dibyendu addedechoing his thoughts karmakar said online coaching is only for these difficult times but it cannot replace physical coachingaccording to sports psychologist mugdha bavare the players have taken this lockdown in their stride and the online sessions have played a major role in it most athletes are taking part in webinars and joining fitness sessions these have helped players cope with this crisis as a mental trainer i keep telling players to control the controllable and that is to keep fit and stay mentally healthy bavare said