For parents
Drona plans and trains, every day, in your language. A certified coach you choose signs every plan and watches for harm.
Illustrative. Real plans carry a real coach's name.
Why it matters
children quit sport by age 13. The most common reason: it stopped being fun.
1 in 2youth sports injuries are preventable with safe, age-appropriate training.
A coach who plans and a coach who watches prevent both:
The rules Drona follows
Never more than 10% in a week. Growing bodies are not adult bodies.
Your child says it hurts, Drona stops and tells the coach. Not tomorrow. Then.
Drona drafts. The coach signs. A plan without a name on it does not run.
The plan, the coach, the check-ins, what was reported. On your phone.
The human
Every coach on the list has a passport: Safety in Sport certified, renewed every year. Pick one. Their name goes on your child’s plan.
Intermediate II · Badminton · Bengaluru
Reading a passport
My Drona checked this coach in person: their age, their identity, their credentials, and that they completed the course. The strongest line on the passport.
They completed the course named and passed every test in it. Each course is listed with its certificate number.
When the most recent certificate was issued. A recent date is a stronger signal than an impressive-sounding old one.
When it must be earned again. Certification expires after a year, and the profile says so publicly.
Still at an academy?
A named person, not a policy document. If nobody is named, that is the answer.
All of them, including part-time and visiting coaches.
Visibility during practice is the single cheapest safeguard there is.
A centre that can answer this quickly has thought about it before.
Your part
Two coaches put the burden of proof on themselves. A safe child also needs a parent who asks, listens and speaks up.
Check who your child trains with, and ask again each season.
If your child says something felt wrong, take it seriously straight away, even when it is awkward.
Raise a concern while it is still small, instead of waiting for proof.
Police on 112. Childline on 1098. Know these before you need them.
Your child shouldn’t train alone.