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CoachDirect is a dedicated  team of sports and wellness coaches, who believes in the transformative power of sports and holistic wellness. Our mission is to promote a healthy lifestyle to all. We spread our message through our grass root level programs in various schools, communities, companies, colleges, etc..

Time Line of CoachDirect's Journey

  • 2012 – Sports Coaching in Bangalore
  • 2014 – Sports in Bangalore schools
  • 2015 – Sports in Hyderabad & Chennai schools
  • 2015 – Registered as a Company, LLP
  • 2016 – Webapp launch
  • 2017 – Corporate tournaments
  • 2018 – Wellness programmes
  • 2019 – Marathons and Mobile app
  • 2020 – Life Coaching

 
 

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SPORTS COACHES
LIFE COACHES
WELLNESS COACHES

Sports Coaches

Cricket
Table Tennis
Chess
Tennis
Karate
Skating
Football
Hockey
Athletics
Yoga
Basketball
Dance
Badminton

Badminton

Veer Varma

Badminton England certified Coach

  • Badminton England Certified Coach (UKCC)
  • All India Pickleball Association Certified Coach
  • 9+ years exp conducting coaching camps & tournaments at various schools, clubs & corporates for CoachDirect
  • Squash player represented college in UK Inter University tournaments
  • Yoga Instructor  Certification from Swami Vivekananda Yoga University (SVYASA), Bangalore
  • Diploma in Physical Fitness
Vishnu Naik
 
Badminton player
  • Played inter-university south zone tournaments
  • 6+ years exp as coach in various badminton academies
  • Accomplished swimmer and swimming coach
  • Bachelor of Physical Education

Skating

Murali Krishna C
 
Experienced Skating Trainer
  • National level speed skater in Quads category
  • Silver medal in BDRSA Open district competition
  • Participated and won medals in State level competitions
  • 6+ years of experience as skating coach in various schools and academies

Monna SK

Skilled Skating Coach

  • 5+ years of experience as a skating caoch in Decathlon(Bangalore), schools and communities
  • 4 years of experience as a PE teacher 
  • Avid football & horse riding enthusiast

Football

Lijo LJ
 
Skilled Football Coach
  • 3+ years exp as football coach and PE teacher
  • Winner in Kerala State schools Zonal championships
  • Participated in Kerala State Under 19 Football
    championship
  • Winner in Kerala District Football Seniors tournament
  • Bachelor of Physical Education
Brijesh Sagar
 

AIFFC Licensed Coach

  • AIFF C licensed and Strength & Conditioning coach
  • Working with various schools and academies since 2016
  • Represented Mysore University in the South Zone Inter University Tournaments
  • Represented Mandya District and winner of Karnataka State Pykka tournament
  • Represented Mandya District in Karnataka State PU Tournaments

Athletics

 

Shaila CM

National Level Athlete

  • Represented Karnataka 5 Times in U19 and Junior national level 
  • 5 Gold Medals in Karnataka State Level Junior Athletics championships in 800m and 1500m categories
  • Represented Davangere University in All India Inter University Tournaments
  • 4 Time Davengere University Inter-Collegiate tournament Winner 
  • 1500mts University Record Holder

Hockey
 
Sachin (Erappa)

former Indian Hockey coach

  • Trained by Jude Felix hockey academy (former Indian coach)
  • Participated in various Major teams viz. KSHA, JFHA , BOSCH ,New Ashoka Hockey club, Flying club, Koramangala Kodava Sangha.  
  • 5+ years experience as hockey coach in JHFA, KSHA and schools
  • Man of the Match: Represented Kodava Sangha hockey academy in Madanda Hockey fest-2013
 

Dance based fitness Aerobics , Zumba

Roopa Bai
 
Well-versed Dancer
 
  • 5+ years experience in Dance, Zumba, Aerobics
  • Choerographer in various schools for annual day performance
  • Specialist in Bollywood, Freestyle, Hip-Hop Styles
Niranjan
 
  • 9+ Years experience running own dance academy Super Steps School of Dance. Choreographer in 100+shows 
  • Participated in ETV Kannada Super the ultimate international Talent  Reality Dance Show, Sony Channel 
  • Participated in State Level Dance Competitions
  • Conducted summer camps with pre-school children on Dance based fitness including Aerobics and Zumba

 

Karate and Self Defense

Robin Jose
 
Black Belt 5th Dan
  • Black Belt 5th Dan
  • Technical Director-Okinawan Karates School
  • General Secretary:District Karate Association Bangalore South(DKABS)
  • Sports Commission Vice Chairman-Akhila Karnataka Sports Karate Association (AKSKA)
  • Judge-Asian Karate Federation

 

Kyoshi P. Ram Dayal
 
7th Dan in Karate
  • Karate Black Belt 7th Dan, Kobudo 6th Dan & Kalaripayattu 3rd Dan
  • President of Okinawa Karate-do Shorin-ryu Kishaba Juku
    Association of India.
  • Joint Secretary of Okinawa Karate-do Kobudo Federation of India (OKKFI) &  Kalaripayattu Federation of India (KFI)
  • Founder and Chief Instructor of Academy of Unified Martial arts
    (AUM)

Chess

G Amarnath

FIDE rated Chess Trainer

  • FIDE rated Chess Trainer. FIDE Id 46600779

  • Partcipated in International FIDE rating tournaments conducted by King Chess Foundation, Chennai

  • Participated in State level Chess tournaments in Chittoor and Karimnagar Districts. 

  • Achieved best position of 3rd place. Won 5th Prize in Chess in Rayalaseema Zone.

Kiran K

Chess Player Holding International FIDE rating 1487

  • International FIDE rating of 1487

  • 15+ year experience in chess field and 3+ years as a coach

  • Participated school national chess championship and inter college tournaments

Bino Sebastian

Chess Player Holding International FIDE rating of 1500

  • International FIDE rating of 1500 in three formats Rapid, Blitz and Classical
  • Participated in Malaysian and Dubai international Chess festivals
  • Won below 1600 title in Dindigul 2016
  • Runner up in Bhubaneshwar 1600 rated event in 2015 
  • Nilgiris District Championship 2014

M Koteswar Rao

19th Position in Nagpur International below 1600 FIDE Rating chess tournaments

  • International FIDE rating of 1410

  • 12+ years exp as a Chess Coach

  • Author of “THINK SIMPLE CHESS”
  • 19th Position in Nagpur International below 1600 FIDE Rating chess tournaments-2022.
  • 2nd Best Unrated in Delhi International open Chess tournament
  • 2nd Position in Andaman State-Level Chess tournament

Table Tennis

Anand Vardhan

Played Inter University Table Tennis Representing T.M.B.University

  • Certified Level 1 coach from TTFI
  • 8+ years exp as a Table Tennis coach for various school, academies and communities
  • Represented TMB University in East Zone Inter University Table Tennis Tournaments
  • 3 time winner representing TNB College, Bhagalpur

Suresh Kumar

Certified level-1 coach from TTFI

  • Certified level-1 coach from TTFI
  • 8+ years exp as a Table Tennis coach for various schools, academies and communities
  • PE teacher and Cricket coach for various schools
  • Conducted various corporate and inter school tournaments

Priyanka M R

Represented National Level Table-Tennis

  • Represented Mysore University in National level U17 tournaments

  • Won 1st place at cluster level competition & 3rd place at regional level competition Hyderabad

  • Runner up Mysore University Inter college tournament

Yoga

Hariharan K.V

  • M.Sc. Yoga therapy from S-VYASA University Bengaluru
  • Certified Yoga Instructor from Korean Indian Traditional yoga research corporation 2019
  • BSc Yoga Therapy from S-VYASA University Bengaluru
  • 7+ years exp working with various schools
  • Yoga therapist for Obesity, PCOD, Neuromuscular, Diabetes, Asthma, Spondylosis disorders
Pappu Prakash
 
Master of Science in Yoga
  • Master of Science & Bachelor of Science in Yoga from S-VYASA University, Bangalore
  • 7+ years of working experience in the field of Yoga therapy treating Diabetes, Asthma, Hypertension, etc.. 
  • Worked in Arogyadhama Naturopathy Hospital
  • Worked as Yoga trainer at various schools
Basketball
Ranjitha H
 
Skilled Basketball Coach
  • Played Senior Nationals 
  • Played south zone inter university
  • Winner of State Olympics and CM Cup Handball 
  • Physical education teacher in various schools 
  • Bachelor of Physical Education
Roopesh GM
 
Basketball Coach at NGV Club
  • Played in various Bangalore District club leagues, 2016 till date
  • Runner-up in Basketball State Level PU College competitions Kalaburgi, 2014-15
  • Winner in Basketball event of Bangalore District level Inter School Competitions, 2013-14
  • Runner-up in Throwball event of Bangalore District level Inter School Competitions, 2013-14

Kabaddi

Revanth Kupparathi

Played State Level Kabaddi

  • Participated in State Level Kabaddi Tournament for Under-17
  • Participated in State Level PU Kabaddi Tournaments
  • Participated in 5th National Schools & Colleges Yogasana Championship
  • Participated in State Level Inter College Fest in Yoga

Volleyball

S Manikandan

Winner of State level Volley ball Tournament

  • Winner of State level Inter School Volley ball Tournament
  • Runner up in Bharathiyar University Inter college volleyball tournament, 2018
  • Runner up in Coimbatore Zonal U-19 Hockey tournament, 2012
  • Tamil Nadu State Technical Official Examination in Athletics, 2021
  • Participated in State level Inter school volleyball tournament, 2009
  • Master of Physical Education
Tennis
 
Rajesh Singh
 
Tennis player
  
  • Worked with Zeeshan Ali Tennis Academy, Bangalore
  • Certified Level 1 Tennis coach from All India Tennis Association, Kolkata, 2006
  • Certified for Play Tennis coaching programme by International Tennis Federation at AITA Kolkata, 2009
  • Participated in Tennis Officiating Workshop from Bengal Tennis Association, 2006
  • Worked with various schools and academies

Cricket

Santosh

Cricket player

  • 12+ yrs experience as a cricketer and 7+ yrs experience as cricket coach.
  • Worked with Imtiyaz Ahmad Cricket Academy, HSR Cricket Academy
  • Participated State level cricket from Jharkhand state U-19. Captain of West Singhbhum District team
  • Played for Keonjhar district in the Inter District U-22 and U16 cricket tournament in Cuttack

Life Coaches

MS PRIYANKA LENKA
Masters in HRA, Certified Franklin Covey Life & Leadership Coach, Member of Int’l Coaching Federation (ICF), Master Practitioner in NLP & Transaction Analysis Counsellor.
Priyanka brings with her over 600 hours of executive and life coaching experience. She has over 10 years of corporate experience in Fortune 500 companies managing talents across geographies. She has extensive experience as a Learning & Development professional and also as a counsellor. She believes that every individual is blessed with intelligence, power of thoughts and a capacity to change. Her job as a coach is to facilitate one to achieve this change in an environment based on trust

Priyanka coaches on the following topics:

  • Effective Leadership
  • Career & Professional growth
  • Developing Assertiveness
  • Coping with Stress
  • Effective Time Management

 

Mr Mohammed Shamshuddin
Certified trainer in leadership & team building , Certified corporate trainer for many Fortune 500 companiesShamshuddin has over 11 years of training experience and over 16 years of operations and customer management experience. He has worked globally in USA, Middle East & India in various industries such as Telecom, ITES, BFSI, BPO, Health care, etc.. He has trained several Fortune 500 companies and his expertise lies in group facilitation and mentoring combined with big-picture and critical thinking.

Shamshuddin coaches on the following themes:

  • Effective Leadership
  • Team building
  • Personality Development / Soft skills
  • Health & Wellness
  • Corporate culture & customer service
Mr Veer Varma
MBA (Univ of Cambridge), MCA, Certified NLP Master Practitioner, Certified Yoga Instructor & Badminton Coach, PMP, Diploma in Physical Fitness
 
Veer is a co-founder of CoachDirect and has over 6 years of successful entrepreneurial experience in UK and India. Prior to this, for over 16 years, he worked with top tier global investment banks as a Change Manager, managing diverse teams.  He had trained his teams on behavioral and managerial skills. He is extremely passionate about health and wellness, and personally coaches and conducts sports and wellness events at schools, corporates, colleges etc.. He mentors and coaches startups and budding entrepreneurs. Some of his coaching clients include founders of sports software companies, wellness centers, and educational institutions. 

Veer coaches on the following themes:

  • Startups, Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Health & Wellness
  • Career / Professional growth
  • Wealth & Financial success
Mrs Kalpana Varma
 
Masters in Science (IT), Certified Life & Parenting Coach, Bachelors in Business Administration
 
Kalpana is a founding partner and head of operations in CoachDirect. She specializes in parenting and relationships coaching. Her signature “Be a successful parent and friend to your child” workshop is rated highly by parents where she brings her real life experiences as a parent and case studies from a number of her clients. She has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience in India and in the UK. She also brings customer support experience in training industry.

Kalpana coaches on the following themes:

  • Parenting & Adolescence
  • Successful relationships
  • Kids & their emotions
  • Work / Life balance
Mrs Geetika Agrawal
 
Masters in Business Economics, Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach, Certified Positive Psychology Practitioner, Certified NLP Practitioner
 
Geetika has about 10 years experience in the corporate and education sector. She works with children and parents bringing her experience in positive psychology counselling and in managing one’s emotions. She is also a corporate trainer in Socio-Emotional learning skills and in Emotional Intelligence. She believes that “Difficult roads often leads to beautiful destination”. Her other interests are Yoga and Fine arts

Geetika coaches on the following themes:

  • Successful Parenting
  • Kids and their emotions
  • Coping with Stress
  • Controlling Habits
  • Effective Time Management
Mr Pranith Sarma
 
MBA (HR), Certified NLP Master Practitioner, Diploma in Psychology, Certified CBT Counsellor, Hypnotherapy Practitioner
 
Pranith brings with him over 5 years of experience in the corporate retail sector. He has trained and coached managers, supervisors and sales staff in personality development and customer focus. He is extremely passionate about career and professional growth for 10th, 12th and graduate students and derives great pleasure in leading them towards a successful career. He also brings experience as a career counsellor for defense careers.

Pranith coaches on the following themes:

  • Career / Professional growth
  • Coping with Stress
  • Effective Time Management
  • Developing Assertiveness
  • Successful Relationships
  • Controlling Habits